MCFR Delta Safety Lead

Location: Bellevue,Washington,United States

TITLE:                MCFR Delta Safety Lead

LOCATION:       Bellevue, Washington, USA

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.”

TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes. TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, TerraPower has instituted an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit, hire, and promote women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.

MCFR Delta Safety Lead

TerraPower, LLC. is seeking an engineer to lead the safety basis development of future Molten Chloride Fast Reactors (MCFRs). This role will play a part in the early-stage R&D of an MCFR with an emphasis on the safety case development. In this role the lead will coordinate and prioritize research to investigate the efficacy of safety analysis approaches. The scope of this coordination will span integration with the testing and design team. Ideally, a candidate will be able to understand the high level aspects of the design to develop a complete picture of the safety case development strategy in conjunction with the maturation of the technology. This role will lay the foundation of the methodologies underlying the safety analysis used in support of a large MCFR.

Responsibilities

•         Prioritize early stage research in support of the safety case of a demonstration-sized MCFR

•         Evaluate design features and their efficacy in support of safety functions

•         Work across the design and safety team to develop novel source term methodologies

•         Support NRC interactions on novel aspects of the design and safety case

Key Qualifications and Skills

•         B.S. in nuclear, chemical, mechanical, electrical, or aerospace engineering (or similar), with a minimum of 6 years’ experience in the nuclear field; or M.S. with a minimum of 3 years’ experience; or Ph.D. with a minimum of 2 years’ experience.

•         Knowledge of NRC and/or DOE safety basis requirements in support of reactor deployment

•         Experience performing nuclear reactor safety analysis (e.g., transient, source term dose/consequence, containment)

•         Strategic thinking and cross discipline coordination in support of technology maturation

•         Familiar with Risk-Informed Performance-Based Technology Inclusive Guidance for Non-Light Water Reactor Licensing Basis Development

Bonus

•         Experience with other reactor designs, especially fast spectrum systems and molten salt systems

•         Knowledge of software quality program requirements and interface with configuration management of safety analysis tools and analyses

•         Experience with mechanistic source term d