Senior Nuclear Criticality Safety Engineer

<p>Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for a Senior Nuclear Criticality Safety Engineer to join our team. </p> <p><strong>Position Description</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p><strong>Specific responsibilities may include:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Identifying and evaluating nuclear criticality safety (NCS) hazards for fuel cycle facilities</li> <li>Performing criticality safety evaluations (CSEs) to demonstrate subcriticality under normal and credible abnormal conditions</li> <li>Developing the criticality code validation report</li> <li>Demonstrating compliance with the double-contingency principle</li> <li>Documenting criticality hazard analyses, CSEs, and supporting technical information</li> <li>Evaluating and implementing controlled parameters for the NCS program</li> <li>Developing the criticality accident alarm system and inadvertent criticality emergency response plan</li> <li>Supporting safety basis development and licensing efforts</li> <li>Developing and administering the NCS program, methodologies, and management measures</li> </ul> <p><strong>Minimum Qualifications:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in nuclear engineering, chemical engineering, or chemistry, or related field</li> <li>Minimum 5+ years experience performing CSEs as a part of a nuclear facility’s safety basis</li> </ul> <p><strong>Bonus</strong> <strong>Qualifications:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Knowledge of used nuclear fuel recycling technologies</li> <li>10+ years of experience performing criticality safety evaluations for an NRC licensed fuel cycle facility</li> </ul> <p><strong>Competencies</strong></p> <p>We are looking for a Senior Nuclear Criticality Safety Engineer that is:</p> <ul> <li>Knowledge of nuclear science, physics of criticality, and chemistry</li> <li>Knowledge of nuclear fuel cycle processes and nuclear fuel cycle facility accident scenarios</li> <li>Proficient with Attila4MC, MCNP, SCALE, and/or Serpent codes and modules</li> <li>Familiarity with critical experiments and their purpose</li> <li>Knowledge of criticality-specific codes, standards, regulatory requirements, and industry practices for nuclear fuel cycle facilities</li> <li>Familiarity with NUREG-1513, NUREG-1520, NUREG/CR-6410, NUREG/CR-6698, NUREG/CR-7311, and NRC RG