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Nuclear Core Design Engineers
Job Category: Nuclear Engineer
Posted on: 10/30/2009
by DeNuke Contracting Services
Job description
NUCLEAR CORE DESIGN ENGINEERS - PERMANENT POSITIONS in Lynchburg, VA
Assist in nuclear reactor core design and reactivity management activities for a pressurized water reactor. Specific responsibilities include:
• Reactor fuel nuclear and thermal design, reactor control rod pattern generation and reactivity control with burnable poisons, fuel depletion and cycle length calculations, core neutronic and thermal-hydraulic analysis, and core operation strategies.
• Analyses may involve the use of engineering computer codes to assess pressure drop and flow distribution in reactor cores.
• Support out-of-core design nand reactivity management activities, such as irradiated fuel management, source-term generation, shielding and dose rate calculations, and core refueling operations.
• Basic knowledge of related codes i.e., COBRA, VIPRE, MCMP SCALE, CASMO, RELAP, GOTHIC, TRAC, TRACE is a plus!
• General knowledge of nuclear power plants, thermal-hydraulics, chemistry and fluid systems.
US Citizenship or Permanent Residency is required.
Description of ideal candidate
Unspecified
Other requirements
Degree
Bachelors
Experience
3+ years
Security Clearance
Unspecified
Qualifications
Unspecified
Benefits and Other Informations:
Holidays, 2 weeks Vacation to start, Retirement plan, Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Long and Short Term disability, Flexible spending account, tuition reimbursement and more!!
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