Students and public servants are being enticed with generous scholarships to study nuclear science and engineering so they can begin 'exciting roles' on Australia's new nuclear submarine program.
Students and public servants are being enticed with generous scholarships to study nuclear science and engineering so they can begin "exciting roles" on the massive AUKUS submarine program.The program will train graduates to work in the nuclear-powered submarine programDefence is scrambling to find hundreds of properly qualified staff for the mammoth task of acquiring a nuclear-powered submarine fleet with the help of the UK and US.
The ABC can reveal Defence is establishing a nuclear scholarship program from next year, offering scholarships worth approximately $20,000 per student per year. Over the next five years Defence expects to offer over 300 scholarships and has launched a separate initiative to sponsor existing staff to undertake nuclear-related Masters courses.
"Participation in these programs is in direct support of the establishment of a nuclear-powered submarine capability in Australia," the Defence Department stated in a recently placed advertisement. "This opportunity would see successful graduates able to take on exciting roles in support of nuclear-powered submarines and/or nuclear stewardship at the completion of their studies."
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