Nuclear Radiation Protection, Shielding, and Transport Engineer I

The Opportunity:

Come join a growing multidisciplinary team of designers and engineers designing the next generation nuclear power plant. This position requires a highly-motivated individual with the flexibility and willingness to work on a wide array of technical and regulatory topics, and eager to learn new skills to create feasible/practical solutions to challenging design problems. Engineer will be part of a team executing a U.S. Government cost-shared development program requiring efficient completion of engineering assignments.

Responsibilities:

• Determine radiation source terms and transport to various systems and components at the SMR plant during normal operation and transient conditions.
• Develop radiation protection design features and perform radiation shielding, occupational exposure, and site dose assessment for the SMR-300 plant during normal operation and transient conditions.
• Report preparation and licensing documentation
• Participation in meetings with clients, collaborators, and with the United State Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Qualifications:

• Masters in Nuclear Engineering or physics (or closely related field) from an accredited college of university
• 5+ years of demonstrated experience in the nuclear industry or similarly applicable (i.e., academia or national laboratory)
• Demonstrated experience and proficiency with radiation source term, shielding and radiological-consequence dose assessment tools, e.g., MCNP, ADVANTG, SCALE, GALE, ARCON96, RADTRAD or other applicable analysis code packages
• Adequate knowledge of nuclear power plant operations and ALARA principles/programs
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Proficiency required in Microsoft Office suite of PC applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint)
• Eligible to work under Department of Energy 10 CFR Part 810