⚡ Cohort 1 · August 10, 2026 · Seats are limited — enroll now
BWRx Studio · bwrx.studio · Nonprofit
Canada is building the first commercial SMR in North America. Tennessee is next. The operators, technicians, engineers, tradespeople, and veterans who will run these reactors are in high school classrooms, job sites, and transition programs right now. NUCLEUS is where careers begin — and where careers change.
"As a machinist looking to grow my career in DOE and nuclear manufacturing, this opportunity to build a real foundation in nuclear physics is exactly what I needed."— Peyton Rainey, CNC/Manual Machinist · Cohort 1 Student
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Why BWRx Studio
TVA just filed the nation’s first SMR construction permit. Tennessee’s Governor pledged $50 million to grow the nuclear sector. The workforce to run all of it starts here — in high school, in homeschool co-ops, in classrooms across the state.
NUCLEUS delivers 1 Carnegie Unit of credit in Nuclear Engineering Technology with full documentation for homeschool, private, and public school students.
BWRx Studio partners with homeschool co-ops and CTE programs to offer NUCLEUS as a credentialed STEM elective at institutional pricing.
BWRx Studio is a nonprofit. That means we pursue DOE workforce development grants, state funding, and foundation support to make NUCLEUS accessible to students who qualify on merit but can't get there on price. The mission comes before the margin.
Nuclear doesn't care where you started. Machinists, welders, military veterans, engineers from other industries — NUCLEUS gives you the reactor physics foundation that matters across every craft in the plant, not just the control room.
Same course. Same instructor. Same $750. One honest note: the credit itself is a Carnegie Unit, built for a high school transcript — it's not a vocational certification, and it won't replace your employer's own training or licensing process. What you get is the material itself, taught right, so you walk in already knowing it cold.
Programs
15-week online course for high school students and career changers. Built on DOE Fundamentals Handbooks. Weekly live instruction from Randy Steele. Earns 1 Carnegie Unit in Nuclear Engineering Technology. $750.
Learn more →A standalone NUCLEUS course. How nuclear energy becomes heat, how heat moves through reactor systems, and the fluid dynamics that govern plant operations. $750.
Join the waitlist →The third and final course. Mechanical and electrical systems that support nuclear plant operations — pumps, valves, generators, and control systems — with the physics context behind each. $750.
Join the waitlist →From the founder
“I built NUCLEUS because the workforce gap is real and the pipeline has to start somewhere. That somewhere is high school. Tennessee is about to become the center of the American nuclear renaissance — and our students should be first in line.”Randy Steele — Founder, BWRx Studio Meet Randy →
“It could quickly become a benchmark for the rest of the country on how this is done.”Duane Olcsvary — Nuclear Power Project Developer · BWRx Studio Board Member
Tennessee is building the first SMR in America. The workforce that runs it starts here.
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