// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy did the list of nuclear engineers decay? Because it had a half-life crisis.

This is a list of nuclear engineers, noted for their contributions to the field of nuclear engineering.

A

• Yevgeny Adamov (born 1939) – Russian nuclear engineer and former atomic energy minister
• Mohammad Alavi – Iranian nuclear engineer
• Maxime Amblard – French nuclear engineer
• William Anders (1933–2024) – American nuclear engineer and astronaut
• Oleksiy Ananenko – Ukrainian nuclear engineer involved in the Chernobyl disaster response
• Henry Shull Arms (1912–1972) – British-American nuclear engineer and reactor developer

B

• John Baxter – British nuclear engineer
• Arden L. Bement Jr. (born 1932) – American engineer and government official
• Manson Benedict (1907–2006) – American nuclear engineer and nuclear fuel pioneer
• Everitt P. Blizard (1916–1977) – American nuclear engineer specializing in radiation shielding
• Maud Bregeon – French nuclear engineer
• Shelby Brewer (1937–2015) – American nuclear engineer and energy executive
• Sam Brinton – American nuclear engineer and nuclear waste specialist
• Viktor Bryukhanov (1935–2021) – Soviet engineer and Chernobyl plant director
• Alain Bugat – French nuclear engineer
• Parvez Butt – Pakistani nuclear engineer

C

• John M. Carpenter (1935–2020) – American nuclear engineer and neutron-source pioneer
• Cheng Kaijia (1918–2018) – Chinese nuclear engineer and nuclear physicist
• Floyd L. Culler, Jr. (1923–2004) – American nuclear engineer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

D

• Leslie Dewan (born 1984) – American nuclear engineer and entrepreneur
• James Duderstadt (1942–2024) – American nuclear engineer and university administrator
• Anatoly Dyatlov (1931–1995) – Soviet nuclear engineer at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

E

• Mohamed El-Genk – American nuclear engineer specializing in nuclear and space power
• Akbar Etemad – Iranian nuclear engineer
• Julie Ezold – American nuclear engineer specializing in isotope production

F

• Harold Finger (1924–2017) – American nuclear engineer involved in nuclear space programs
• Nikolai Fomin – Soviet nuclear engineer at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

G

• B. John Garrick (1930–2020) – American nuclear engineer and risk analysis specialist
• A. Gopalakrishnan – Indian nuclear engineer
• Masashi Gotō – Japanese nuclear engineer
• Arnold Gundersen (born 1949) – American nuclear engineer and energy consultant

H

• J'Tia Hart – American nuclear engineer
• Christopher Hinton, Baron Hinton of Bankside (1901–1983) – British nuclear engineer
• William Nicholas Hitchon – British nuclear engineer
• Kathryn Huff – American nuclear engineer and government official

I

• Sue Ion – British nuclear engineer

K

• Munir Ahmad Khan (1926–1999) – Pakistani nuclear engineer and nuclear program administrator
• Edwin E. Kintner (1920–2010) – American nuclear engineer and energy administrator
• Dale E. Klein – American nuclear engineer and former NRC chairman
• Milton Klein (1924–2011) – American nuclear engineer
• Maria Korsnick – American nuclear engineer and industry executive
• Herbert J.C. Kouts (1919–2008) – American nuclear engineer and reactor safety pioneer
• Way Kuo – Taiwanese nuclear engineer

L

• John Large (1943–2018) – British nuclear engineer
• John D. Lawson (1923–2008) – British nuclear engineer and physicist
• Richard K. Lester – American nuclear engineer and MIT professor
• Ju Li – Chinese nuclear engineer and materials scientist
• David Lochbaum – American nuclear engineer and nuclear safety specialist

M

• Herbert G. MacPherson (1911–1993) – American nuclear engineer and reactor developer
• Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood – Pakistani nuclear engineer
• Arjun Makhijani (born 1947) – American nuclear engineer and energy researcher
• Gail Marcus – American nuclear engineer and policy specialist
• Yahya El Mashad (1932–1980) – Egyptian nuclear engineer
• Takashi Mukaibo (1917–2002) – Japanese nuclear engineer
• Samar Mubarakmand – Pakistani nuclear engineer

N

• Kenneth Nichols (1907–2000) – American engineer involved in the Manhattan Project

O

• Donald R. Olander – American nuclear engineer specializing in nuclear materials

P

• M. P. Parameswaran – Indian nuclear engineer
• Alan Parkinson – Australian nuclear engineer
• Peng Shilu (1925–2021) – Chinese nuclear engineer
• Ansar Pervaiz – Pakistani nuclear engineer and former chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
• Thomas H. Pigford (1922–2010) – American nuclear engineer and nuclear safety researcher
• Sara Pozzi – Italian-American nuclear engineer specializing in radiation detection

R

• Norman Rasmussen (1927–2003) – American nuclear engineer and reactor safety researcher
• David J. Rose (1922–1985) – American nuclear engineer and MIT professor

S

• Mehdi Sarram – Iranian-American nuclear engineer
• Zalman Shapiro (1920–2016) – American nuclear engineer and inventor
• Milton Shaw (1912–1982) – American nuclear engineer and reactor developer
• Carol Smidts – Belgian-American nuclear engineer specializing in nuclear safety
• M. R. Srinivasan (1930–2025) – Indian nuclear engineer
• Chauncey Starr (1912–2007) – American nuclear engineer and risk analysis pioneer
• Nikolai Steinberg – Ukrainian nuclear engineer and nuclear safety official

T

• Rusi Taleyarkhan – Indian-American nuclear engineer
• John E. Till – American nuclear engineer and radiation protection specialist

V

• Rumina Velshi – Canadian nuclear engineer and regulator
• Jasmina Vujic – Serbian-American nuclear engineer and professor

W

• Alan Waltar – American nuclear engineer specializing in fast reactors
• Laurence Williams – British nuclear engineer
• Paul Wilson – American nuclear engineer and professor
• Brian Wirth – American nuclear engineer and materials scientist

Y

• Bilge Yıldız – Turkish-American nuclear engineer and materials scientist
• Masao Yoshida (1955–2013) – Japanese nuclear engineer

See also

• List of Nobel laureates who worked on the Manhattan Project
• List of engineers
• List of physicists
• List of nuclear science journals