Nuclear Fuel Engineer
Holtec International
- Camden, NJ
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provide in-depth technical expertise to develop, manage and implement nuclear fuels engineering analysis, activities and programs.
- Develop and implement technical oversight and collaboration activities with fuel vendor to assure fuel and core component in-reactor design requirements are in accord with SMR-160 licensing activities
- Design, modeling, and analyses of the nuclear core and fuel system that involve the use of engineering computer codes, empirical methods, and first principle methods
- Calculations that support safe plant operation by confirming that fuel rods thermo-mechanical properties are in accord with SAFDLs and to provide initial (pre-transient) fuel rod conditions as input to downstream safety analyses (i.e., rod ejection accident).
- Report preparation and
- Participation in meetings with clients, collaborators, and with the United State Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- BS in Nuclear Engineering (Mechanical, Materials, or closely related field) from an accredited college of university
- 3-5 years of demonstrated experience in the nuclear industry or similarly applicable (i.e., academia or national laboratory)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Proficiency required in Microsoft Office suite of PC applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint)
- General knowledge of nuclear fuels and power plant operations/physics
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Proficiency required in Microsoft Office suite of PC applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint)
- MS in nuclear engineering with emphasis on fuel mechanics and reactor physics