Natrium Nuclear Methods Intern

TITLE: Nuclear Methods Intern

LOCATION: Bellevue WA 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 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. TerraPowers 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 companys 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 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.

Natrium Nuclear Methods Intern

The Natrium advanced fuel form has unique characteristics that make its neutronics performance different than traditional fast reactor fuels. This internship will use high-fidelity neutronics calculations to understand and quantify these phenomenon. An intern will work with TerraPower engineers to explore different aspects of the neutronic performance including impacts on the critical eigenvalue flux profiles burnup distributions and reactivity coefficients. This internship is a good opportunity for those interested in neutron transport methods to investigate a unique and impactful aspect of the Natrium design.

Responsibilities

Become familiar with the neutronics modeling tools and methods in use at TerraPower

Use modeling approaches of various fidelities to understand unique neutronics phenomenon related to TerraPowers advanced fuel design

Build models execute calculations on an HPC environment and develop scripts to process and understand the results

Coordinate with methodology owners within the Natrium Nuclear Methods team

Document your results in a formal internal report

Key Qualifications and Skills

Nuclear engineering skills

Fast reactor physics and design intuition particularly with eigenvalue and neutron flux calculations

Understanding of deterministic and Monte Carlo neutronics techniques

Experience in understanding and executing nuclear design/analysis methodologies

Experience with some nuclear engineering software such as DIF3D MC2 PARTISN MCNP Serpent SCALE PARCS CASMO DRAGON ARMI etc.

Computational skills

Good computational expertise required: we consider computers to be the universe at our fingertips rather than burdensome necessities

Programming experience in any language required preferably in scientific computing; bonus points for Python

Working knowledge of software development tools (e.g. IDEs version control profilers debuggers)

The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity communicate openly and display respect and a desire to foster teamwork.

Job Functions

Job Functions are physical actions and/or working conditions associated with the position. These functions may also constitute essential functions for the job which the employee must be able to fulfill with or without accommodation. Information provided below is to help describe the job so that the applicant has a reasonable understanding of the job duties/expectations. An applicants ability to perform and/or tolerate these actions and conditions will bediscussed and workplaceaccommodations maybe made on a case-by-case basis following an individualized assessment of the applicant and other considerations including but not limited to any governing safety standards.

Motor Abilities: Sitting and/or standing for extended periods bending/stooping grasping/gripping fine motor control (hands)

Physical exertion and/or requirements: Minimal with ability to safely lift up to 25 pounds

Repetitive work: Prolonged

Special Senses: Visual and audio focused work

Work Conditions: Stairs typing/keyboard standard and/or sitting working environment of >8 hrs./day

Travel required: 0-5%

TerraPowers technology is controlled for export by various agencies of the U.S. Government. TerraPower must evaluate applicants who are foreign nationals (other than asylees refugees or lawful permanent residents) in accordance with U.S. Government export control requirements. To facilitate TerraPowers export control reviews you will be asked as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or national asylee refugee or lawful permanent resident of the United States. Government export authorization approval times vary. Based on the business needs for a particular position TerraPower may not consider a foreign national from a country if it is impracticable to obtain timely Government export approval.

Job details

Hourly rate range*

Undergraduate: $22.65 - $29.65

Graduate: $40.43 - $43.89

PhD: $43.89 - $51.71

Job Type: Intern

Benefits:

Competitive Compensation

Hourly pay rate

Weekly stipend for out of area Interns

Weekly commuter stipend for local area Interns

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Interns accrue 1 hour of PTO for every 30 hours worked

Holiday Schedule

Paid holidays commensurate with Internship period and TerraPower Holiday Schedule

Relocation Assistance for out of area Interns

**Intern pay rate will be commensurate with degree path and academic year completed at start of Internship.

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