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My name is Katie Mummah. I'm a nuclear engineer, graduate student, and clean energy advocate. It’s nice to meet you.

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Isotope or Nuclide? A short guide

Isotope or Nuclide? A short guide

Using precise and accurate terminology is not always the most important thing when you’re, say, shitposting on Twitter, but I’ve noticed there is frequent confusion online about the term isotope, and exactly what it refers to. Also, what is a...

Reading list on risk communication

Reading list on risk communication

Nuclear engineers have to be communicators; the very name of our field invites curiosity and questioning. Yet many, maybe most, nuclear engineering students get no formal training in communicating science to the public, let alone a deep dive into the...

This Earth Day, Don't Look Away

This Earth Day, Don't Look Away

When is the last time you engaged with the negative impacts or harms perpetuated by nuclear reactors or the nuclear fuel cycle? For many nuclear engineers and nuclear energy advocates, we primarly engage with these subjects during, or to prepare...

Life lessons from Vienna

Life lessons from Vienna

It was only when I landed in Vienna that I realized I had never traveled alone internationally. Many of my free weekends in the last few years have been spent exploring Wisconsin, New Mexico, Colorado (among other states), mostly alone....