Welcome to Fissioning Fears!
I'm Eric, a 4th-year nuclear engineering student at the University of Florida, and this is my blog. The primary reason for this blog's creation, along with those created by the rest of my classmates, is to fulfill the Gordon Rule writing requirement for one of my classes, "Applied Radiation Protection". But that's not to imply that I'm only writing this blog out of begrudging necessity. In fact, I'm quite excited for it!
As the name may suggest, I'm hoping to use this blog to assuage many of the common fears about nuclear power, and show the good that nuclear science, engineering, and power do and can do for the world. I plan to at least start with a focus on anything nuclear as it appears in the news, and shine the light of knowledge and fact checking on the news' frequent inaccuracies, numbers without context, nonsensical graphs, and even blatant fear-mongering. If I manage to convince even one person that my chosen profession is not as frightening as many seem to want them to believe, I will consider this blog an incredible success.
That's all until I find something to actually talk about!
