核工程是与核能生产和应用有关的应用科学与工程的分支，而放射工程是与辐射在医学和工业中的应用有关的应用科学与工程的分支。这两个领域在应用核物理学和辐射物理学以及辐射传输，检测和与物质的相互作用方面有着共同的基础。目前在佐治亚理工学院的核与放射工程计划中有两个广泛的核工程研究领域，即裂变与聚变，以及一个放射学研究区域。运输方法和法规，辐射屏蔽，放射性废物管理和乏核燃料的，变，先进反应堆概念和燃料循环的开发，反应堆动力学和安全性等。这项研究大部分是与其他主要国家的科学家合作进行的美国和欧洲的核研究机构。如今，裂
Nuclear engineering is that branch of applied science and engineering concerned with the production and application of nuclear energy, and radiological engineering is that branch of applied science and engineering concerned with the applications of radiation in medicine and industry. The two fields are related by a common foundation in applied nuclear and radiation physics and in radiation transport, detection and interaction with matter. There are presently two broad nuclear engineering research areas Fission and Fusion and a Radiological Engineering research area within the Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program at Georgia Tech.<br><br>Research in the Fission area encompasses the development of improved neutron and gamma ray radiation transport methods and codes, radiation shielding, radioactive waste management and the transmutation of spent nuclear fuel, the development of advanced reactor concepts and fuel cycles, reactor dynamics and safety, etc. Much of this research is carried out in collaboration with scientists from other major United States and European nuclear research institutions. Georgia Tech graduates in the Fission area are today widely employed in the nuclear industry, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and many of the national nuclear research and design laboratories: Argonne National Laboratory, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Savannah River Research Laboratory.