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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Nuclear Scientist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #175 of 702. Estimated risk: 10.0%

Directly assessed by researchers as unlikely to be automatable
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AI Exposure Risk

60%

“Nuclear Scientist” will maybe be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 60% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

28%

“Nuclear Scientist” will almost certainly not be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 28% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Physicists, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Conduct research into physical phenomena, develop theories on the basis of observation and experiments, and devise methods to apply physical laws and theories.

Avg. Annual Salary $166,000
Avg. Hourly Wage $79.81
Available Jobs (US) 21,340
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Physicists #19-2012
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Physicists”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Analyze data from research conducted to detect and measure physical phenomena.

  • Collaborate with other scientists in the design, development, and testing of experimental, industrial, or medical equipment, instrumentation, and procedures.

  • Describe and express observations and conclusions in mathematical terms.

  • Write research proposals to receive funding.

  • Report experimental results by writing papers for scientific journals or by presenting information at scientific conferences.

  • Develop theories and laws on the basis of observation and experiments, and apply these theories and laws to problems in areas such as nuclear energy, optics, and aerospace technology.

  • Perform complex calculations as part of the analysis and evaluation of data, using computers.

  • Teach physics to students.

  • Design computer simulations to model physical data so that it can be better understood.

  • Observe the structure and properties of matter, and the transformation and propagation of energy, using equipment such as masers, lasers, and telescopes, to explore and identify the basic principles governing these phenomena.

Technologies & Software

  • Gnuplot
  • Radiation dose calculation software
  • Linux
  • Oracle Java
  • RSI interactive data language IDL software
  • Dose modeling software
  • REDUCE
  • Spectroscopy software
  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Grok (xAI)
  • CERN ROOT
  • Sun Microsystems Java
  • MySQL
  • VMware
  • OpenStack
  • Eclipse IDE
  • Nova (Amazon)
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Perl
  • Wolfram Research Mathematica
  • SQLite
  • Scite AI
  • Python
  • Scribus
  • Pascal
  • GNU Octave
  • Llama (Meta)
  • C
  • Consensus
  • Software development tools
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Criss Software XRF11
  • Statistical software
  • Kimi (Moonshot AI)
  • Lenox Softworks VideoPoint
  • Microsoft Word
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Spectral Dynamics STAR
  • Extensible markup language XML
  • Amazon Web Services AWS software
  • Microsoft Access
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Aptech Systems GAUSS
  • The MathWorks MATLAB
  • NotebookLM (Google)
  • SciGraphica
  • Canu
  • RibbonSoft QCad
  • Oracle Database
  • Ploticus
  • Structured query language SQL
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • OriginLab Origin
  • C++
  • Semantic Scholar AI
  • Microsoft Azure software
  • Qwen (Alibaba)
  • Adobe Audition
  • Vector Fields OPERA-3d
  • Microsoft Windows
  • UNIX
  • Mathsoft Mathcad
  • SciLab
  • Ansible software
  • Mistral AI (chat/models)
  • National Instruments LabVIEW
  • COMSOL Multiphysics
  • Xfig
  • Video analysis software
  • Puppet
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • Systat Software SigmaPlot
  • Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
  • Perplexity AI
  • Microsoft Visual Studio
  • Gemini (Google)
  • DeepSeek
  • Database application software
  • GNU Image Manipulation Program GIMP
  • Synergy Software KaleidaGraph
  • Maplesoft Maple
  • Microsoft Visual Basic
  • xv
  • Git
  • Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System EPICS
  • Microsoft Visual J++
  • Enterprise resource planning ERP system
  • JavaScript
  • CERN Physics Analysis Workstation PAW
  • Elicit
  • Scanning electron microscopes SEM
  • Photon counting systems
  • Turbo-pumped vacuum systems
  • Cryostats
  • Optical detectors
  • Interferometers
  • Laser power meters
  • Laboratory box furnaces
  • Diffusion pumps
  • High intensity UV sources
  • Geiger-Muller counters
  • Two-channel network analyzers
  • Analytical balances
  • Pulsed nitrogen lasers
  • Mickelson interferometers
  • Semiconductor parameter analyzers
  • Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
  • Big G torsion balances
  • Spectrum analyzers
  • Radiofrequency RF generators
  • Analog sound level meters
  • Liquid helium level sensors
  • Desktop computers
  • High-speed video cameras
  • Friction-force microscopes
  • Photodetectors
  • Portable fast Fourier transform FFT analyzers
  • Nanovoltmeters
  • X ray crystallography equipment
  • Gaussmeters
  • Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
  • Isotope ratio mass spectrometers
  • Ionization chambers
  • Vibration exciters
  • Optical tweezers
  • Zeeman split lasers
  • Visible spectrometers
  • Headspace autosamplers
  • Helium refrigerators
  • Scintillation probes
  • Surface profilometers
  • Two-channel dynamic signal analyzers
  • Digital oscilloscopes
  • Radiation detecting film badges
  • Atomic force microscopes
  • Digital voltmeters DVM
  • Cyclotrons
  • Vacuum stations
  • Programmable phase modulators
  • Laptop computers
  • Transmission electron microscopes TEM
  • Annealing furnaces
  • Atomic absorption AA spectrometers
  • Measuring microscopes
  • Optical choppers
  • Scanning tunneling microscopes STM
  • Optical beamsplitting devices
  • Galvanostats
  • Diode lasers
  • Pistonphones
  • Accelerometers
  • Two-channel fast Fourier transform FFT analyzers
  • Analog frequency analyzers
  • Photometer
  • Laboratory tube furnaces
  • Gas chromatography GC injectors
  • Leak detection equipment
  • Laboratory electromagnets
  • Digital plotters
  • Laboratory centrifugal pumps
  • Arbitrary function generators
  • Thermoluminescent dosimeters
  • Telescopes
  • Positive ion accelerators
  • Vernier force sensors
  • Digital sound level meters
  • Argon ion lasers
  • Magnetic resonance imaging MRI systems
  • Gas chromatography equipment
  • X ray photoemission spectrometers
  • Sound intensity probes
  • Atomic emission detectors AED
  • Gamma ray spectrometers
  • Electron microscopes
  • High-energy accelerators
  • High-resolution semiconductor detectors
  • Neutron detectors
  • Function generators
  • Particle counters
  • Capacitance bridges
  • Light scattering devices
  • Power amplifiers
  • Grating monochromators
  • High vacuum equipment
  • Double monochromators
  • Single frequency dye lasers
  • Scanning monochromators
  • Signal generators
  • Betatrons
  • Optical tables
  • Spectrophotometers
  • Vibrating sample magnetometers
  • Monochromators
  • Personal computers
  • Helium lasers
  • Cavity dumpers or drivers
  • Computed tomography CT scanners
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
  • Pinhole filters
  • Multiple diode lasers
  • Spring scales
  • Safety goggles
  • Linear accelerators
  • High-resolution spectrometers
  • Microwave interferometers
  • Conditioning amplifiers
  • Prism spectrometers
  • Diffusion-pumped vacuum systems
  • Mass spectrometers
  • Magnetic force microscopes
  • Digital multimeters

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