Senior Nuclear Criticality Safety Engineer

Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for a Senior Nuclear Criticality Safety Engineer to join our team.

Position Description

A Senior Nuclear Criticality Safety Engineer at Oklo is responsible for performing criticality safety evaluations, developing the nuclear criticality safety basis, and architecting the nuclear criticality safety program for a first-of-a-kind used nuclear fuel recycling facility.

Specific responsibilities may include:

Identifying and evaluating nuclear criticality safety (NCS) hazards for fuel cycle facilities

Performing criticality safety evaluations (CSEs) to demonstrate subcriticality under normal and credible abnormal conditions

Developing the criticality code validation report

Demonstrating compliance with the double-contingency principle

Documenting criticality hazard analyses, CSEs, and supporting technical information

Evaluating and implementing controlled parameters for the NCS program

Developing the criticality accident alarm system and inadvertent criticality emergency response plan

Supporting safety basis development and licensing efforts

Developing and administering the NCS program, methodologies, and management measures

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in nuclear engineering, chemical engineering, or chemistry, or related field

Minimum 5+ years experience performing CSEs as a part of a nuclear facility’s safety basis

Bonus Qualifications:

Knowledge of used nuclear fuel recycling technologies

10+ years of experience performing criticality safety evaluations for an NRC licensed fuel cycle facility

Competencies

We are looking for a Senior Nuclear Criticality Safety Engineer that is:

Knowledge of nuclear science, physics of criticality, and chemistry

Knowledge of nuclear fuel cycle processes and nuclear fuel cycle facility accident scenarios

Proficient with Attila4MC, MCNP, SCALE, and/or Serpent codes and modules