COMMECIAL NUCLEAR CORE DESIGN ENGINEERS - EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

ReNuke’s mission to fuel the nuclear renaissance with top professionals marks a long-term investment in bringing new talent to the nuclear market. Additional innovative efforts to recruit top talent as well as encouraging talented students to enter the field of nuclear engineering and related fields will assure growth in the number of people available through ReNuke to sustain growth through mid-century.

Job Description of Nuclear Core Design Engineers

Assist in nuclear reactor core design and reactivity management activities for a pressurized
water reactor.

MUST HAVE COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DESIGN ENGINEER EXPERIENCE

Responsibilities Nuclear Core Design Engineers

• 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 and 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.

Requirements for Nuclear Core Design Engineers

• US Citizenship or Permanent Residency is required.