I want to become a nuclear physicist, how can I complete this goal?
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Physics, Maths and did I say physics and maths?\n\nI'm not sure what level you're at now, if you haven't started a degree then looking towards going to a place that has a strong nuclear physics group inside the physics department would be a good idea.\n\nIf you want to work in a nuclear power plant then a nuclear engineering degree would probably be better than nuclear physics though if you want to research and design the next generation of power plants then nuclear physics is probably what you'll want.
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Not all astrophysicists are strict theorists!  While yes, you can't go out there and try making different kinds of stars and see what happens, you can design experiements based on observations and test theories. \n\nIt is very difficult to get a theory job at a university;  there are way more people who want to do this than there are positions, but that is pretty much the only job (uni that is) where you would be able to continue to do astronomy full time. If you want an astronomy job, I highly recommend you enter graduate program where you will get some observational experience, but most important, instrument building experience. \n\nPeople who know astronomy AND can help build an infrared camera or a microwave receiver for a telescope are actually somewhat in demand.  Even if you can't find a tenure track position, you can probably find a job working for a program that is building a detector for some satellite experiment or a ground based telescope. Outside of that, depending on your specific hardware skills, there are many commercial opportunities.\n\nEven on the way to a theoretical degree you will learn an awful lot of skills, especially if you try to.  For instance, you will likely become a reasonably adept programmer and/or mathematician.  You could get job as a programmer or an insurance industry actuary, or all kinds of things.\n\nI doubt there are degree programs in "theoretical" astrophysics as opposed to just plain "astrophysics."  Whether you do theoretical stuff, instrumentation, observation or some combination depends entirely on the focus of your research project.
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No way (and it's a good thing too).\n\nFirst you need the fissiles which are hard to get (sure, you can dig up Uranium but the stuff you dig out of the ground is useless in a domb).  Either you produce weapons grade Plutonium in a reactor (which requires refueling every few months and would be very noticable if the existance of the reactor is known) or you enrich Uranium to weapons grade which requires enrichment facilities that aren't that easy to hide.\n\nGetting the materials to build the bomb is the hardest part.  The only real market for weapons grade nuclear materials is to law enforcement agencies setting up sting operations.\n\nAssuming you have the neccessary nuclear materials you then have two choices of design.  Either a gun type device or an implosion device.\n\nGun Type devices are very easy to do but they don't work with Plutonium (only with Uranium) but since you asked if it was easy if you have the Plutonium I won't discuss that any further.\n\nThese are harder to make because you have to have the explosives around the bomb go off at pretty much the exact same time to compress the material and make a mushroom cloud.\n\nAs for the actual details, those are classified for good reason although postgrads have been asked to design nuclear weapons using only publically available material and they seem to be able design things that are workable so a good physicsist could probably come up with something.
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As far as I know of an M.S. in physics could get you a career at N.A.S.A. in the jet propusions department.  I mean NASA is the top notch.  Or you could teach High School.  That is all I know of.  Good Luck!
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You need to be good at your studies that's for sure.In particular at mathematics.When you graduate from your school you can study aerospace engineering at engineering college.A lot of engineering schools offer it in Australia.That's one of the ways.Or you can study physics and follow up with a post graduate degree with specialization in Astronomy.It is important to understand that only astronomers don't become astronauts.People from military,\nbiologists,\nchemists,\nphysicists,\nengineers,\nmeteorologists,\ngeologists\n all have been to space.The environment in space is particularly suitable for ceratin experiments and is important to many branches of science.\nSo studying astronomy is one of the ways and not the only way.
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In high school, you'd probably want to focus on your science classes. Talk to your high school guidance counselor about which colleges would offer the courses you need to pursue a career in neonatology; he or she should be able to point you in the right direction.
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My goal in life is to become a scientist and make important discoveries. Sadly, I have no special someone.
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There are nuclear physicists working for NASA.  NASA has a program called Prometheus to design and build nuclear powered propulsion systems.
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Thats sounds like a good idea as you will def need physics at a very good level to do engineering!...;
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You can become an engineer with a BS in Physics.\n\nCheck Salary.com for pay scales and job descriptions.
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Masters to PhD level Astronomy would be your main route to that.  Most of the researchers these days hold PhDs in Astronomy, Astrophysics, or Physics, although for planetary studies (solar system) there are other ones as well.\n\nIt depends on the school's exact programs, sometimes everything that would lead to this type of career is centered on the Astronomy department, and sometimes it is spread out over several different departments.\n\nTo start off with though you'll want a good undergraduate background in physics, since everything in the field builds off of that.  Watch out for some undergraduate astronomy programs.  They tend to be hit or miss.  The good ones will wind up preparing you very well in physics and methods of astronomy, some others will leave you highly deficient in the skills graduate programs will expect you to have.\n\nKeep motivated and latch onto some aspect that really grabs your attention, and work to that goal.  It's a pretty long acedemic road, but I'm having fun at the end of it now.
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Read the book "Nuclear and Radiochemistry" by Friedlander, Kennedy and Miller for the basic principles and then contact the cyclotron Institute at Texas A&M University for Ideas on their cyclotron.  You could also contact Washington University in St. Louis, MO and get their plans.
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See, if you want to go for Nuclear technology, BARC is only direct option. It is having two paths:\n1. Apear in the test for BARC.\n2. Apear in GATE, and do M.Tech. on behalf of BARC.\nBeside that, IIT Kanpur is having M.Tech. Programme in Nuclear Engineering & Technology (NET).
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Well if we're actually taking this seriously and you're not an alien then your best chances are in the Marvel method. If you expose yourself to Gamma rays, get a genetic mutation on the DNA level or get bitten by a radioactive animal, come back and tell us all how you're getting on! :)
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Nuclear Engineering is by far the way to go.  The demand for nuclear energy is projected to greatly increase in the next ten years.  With countries such as China planning to invest over $50 billion over this same time period the U.S. will have no choice but to begin to follow this trend.  Companies like Westinghouse are designing the next generation power plants and already have a new design passed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.  Our dependence on fossil fuel is too great and nuclear power is the next huge industry.
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Study thoroughly..\n\nGet a clear picture of the concepts involved in Physics, Chemistry and Maths.\n\nBest of Luck and yeah!! WORK HARDER..
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Get a bachelor's degree in something, biology chemistry or biochemistry preferably.\n\nApply to graduate school for a PhD program in biochemistry.\n\nGo to graduate school for ~5 years, take classes, teach, do research.\n\nWrite a dissertation.\n\nDefend your dissertation.  \n\nBe awarded a PhD in biochemistry.