Postdoc in Nuclear Power Safety

Postdoc in Nuclear Power Safety

KTH - Royal Institute of Technology

Stockholm, Sweden

Job description

We are looking for a postdoctoral to study core melt spreading and interactions with structures during severe accidents of light water reactors (LWRs). The project is supported by APRI program and SSM project. Experimental and computational studies on phenomena associated with core melt spreading and melt-structure interaction processes will be conducted toward development and validation of models which can be used for safety analyses and improvement of severe accident management of LWRs.

Qualifications

Requirements

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree. This eligibility requirement must be met no later than the time the employment decision is made;
• PhD in nuclear engineering, nuclear power safety, engineering mechanics or similar, with extensive experience from reactor thermal hydraulics (TH), severe accident (SA) research and safety analyses.

Preferred qualifications

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree, obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline;
• Hands-on experience from lab work related to reactor thermal-hydraulics and severe accident research;
• Knowledge and experience from using reactor safety analysis codes;
• Good communicative skills, team work competence and collaborative skills, as well as capability to work independently;
• Motivation and dedication to research work is a very strong merit;
• Teaching experience is an advantage;
• Awareness of diversity and equal opportunity issues, with specific focus on gender equality.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal skills.