Neutronic Analyst

Role description

newcleo is driving forwards an exciting and challenging international programme to develop and deploy our innovative Lead-cooled Fast Reactor technology.  We are looking for highly motivated and pro-active neutronic analysts with various levels of experience to join our Italian team, working as part of a multi-disciplinary Unit in charge of designing the cores for the UK and French reactor projects.

The post holder will join the existing team, undertaking neutronic analyses in support to, or complementing, the actions ongoing or planned to target the design objectives on the different projects.  This will include both modelling the cores of the relevant reactors and executing the calculations for the parameters of interest, in line with the established methods and procedures.  The post holder will also work in close collaboration with the other team members dealing with neutronics; interfacing with the other team members dealing with thermal-hydraulics, thermo-mechanics and fuel performance; in line with the team and project management.  Activity and methodology reports will be produced and incorporated into the technical dossiers of the relevant projects.

Main activities

• Conduct neutron modeling and analysis to support core design. Perform the complete range of actions involved in conceptual core design, and a subset of actions involved in basic core design, using Monte Carlo or deterministic codes.
• Perform calculations and analyses to support the evaluation of the fuel cycle performance.
• Be aware of and familiar with fast reactor neutronic analysis work being performed internationally, as well as related benchmark calculations and experiments being performed internationally.
• Interact with other Core Design team members focusing on different disciplines facilitating the exchange of information.
• Contribute to the validation of the analytical codes and methods.
• Document work using modern tools and techniques, and produce well-written, thoughtful technical reports.
• Work collaboratively as part of a small agile Unit to ensure proportionate but best practice analytical support to core design.

Desired qualifications

• MSc in Nuclear Engineering or Energetic Engineering or Physicsw; PhD in the same subjects is a plus.
• Fluent Italian and English, French is a plus.
• Experience of using deterministic or Monte Carlo neutronic codes for core analysis, preferably in fast reactors.
• Familiarity with nuclear data; ability to install and process libraries is a plus.
• Familiarity with software programming and knowledge of Python scripting language are a plus.
• Attention to detail but with an ability to identify key data for effective problem identification.
• Collaborative, works well as part of a diverse team.