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Nuclear Monitoring Technicians
Collect and test samples to monitor results of nuclear experiments and contamination of humans, facilities, and environment.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Brief workers on radiation levels in work areas.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 02Calculate safe radiation exposure times for personnel using plant contamination readings and prescribed safe levels of radiation.AI could speed this up a lot
- 03Monitor personnel to determine the amounts and intensities of radiation exposure.Mostly human for now
- 04Inform supervisors when individual exposures or area radiation levels approach maximum permissible limits.Mostly human for now
- 05Provide initial response to abnormal events or to alarms from radiation monitoring equipment.Mostly human for now
- 06Determine intensities and types of radiation in work areas, equipment, or materials, using radiation detectors or other instruments.Mostly human for now
- 07Instruct personnel in radiation safety procedures and demonstrate use of protective clothing and equipment.Mostly human for now
- 08Collect samples of air, water, gases, or solids to determine radioactivity levels of contamination.Mostly human for now
- 09Analyze samples, such as air or water samples, for contaminants or other elements.Mostly human for now
- 10Determine or recommend radioactive decontamination procedures, according to the size and nature of equipment and the degree of contamination.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job lossToo little dataNot enough work use was seen to measure. This does not mean the job is safe from AI.Anthropic, 2026
23%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 51% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 75% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Monitor personnel to determine the amounts and intensities of radiation exposure.
- Inform supervisors when individual exposures or area radiation levels approach maximum permissible limits.
- Provide initial response to abnormal events or to alarms from radiation monitoring equipment.