Although government labs research the same areas as industry, they also study a myriad of other issues such as nuclear fuels and nuclear fuel cycles,, and its subfields nuclear medicine, radiation therapy, health physics, and diagnostic imaging.
Although government labs research the same areas as industry, they also study a myriad of other issues such as nuclear fuels and nuclear fuel cycles, advanced reactor designs, and nuclear weapon design and maintenance. An important field is medical physics, and its subfields nuclear medicine, radiation therapy, health physics, and diagnostic imaging.