Overview In this senior role you will lead criticality safety efforts for Oklo's first-of-a-kind used nuclear fuel recycling facility. You'll architect the nuclear criticality safety program and advance safety bases to support licensing and operations. You'll work with a cross-functional team to identify hazards and demonstrate subcriticality under normal and abnormal conditions, shaping a scalable safety program for a pioneering technology. This is a hands-on, fast-paced opportunity at a startup-like environment with a strong focus on collaboration and impact.
Compensation / Benefits- flexible time off
- equity
- 401k
- health insurance
- FSA
- flexible work hours
Responsibilities- Perform criticality safety evaluations (CSEs) to demonstrate subcriticality under normal and credible abnormal conditions
- Identify and evaluate nuclear criticality safety hazards for fuel cycle facilities
- Develop the criticality code validation report
- Demonstrate compliance with the double-contingency principle
- Document criticality hazard analyses, CSEs, and supporting technical information
- Evaluate and implement controlled parameters for the NCS program
- Develop the criticality accident alarm system and inadvertent criticality emergency response plan
- Support safety basis development and licensing efforts
- Develop and administer the NCS program, methodologies, and management measures
Key requirements- Bachelor, Master, or PhD in nuclear engineering, chemical engineering, or chemistry, or related field
- Minimum 5+ years experience performing CSEs as part of a nuclear facility's safety basis
- excellent communicator
- team-player
- creative
- Proficiency with Attila4MC, MCNP, SCALE, and/or Serpent codes/modules
- Knowledge of nuclear science, physics of criticality, and chemistry
- Familiarity with critical experiments and their purpose
