Last Date: 11.Jan.2024.
School of Engineering Sciences at KTH
Job description
Nuclear Power Safety (NPS) Division seeks two engaged postdocs to study (i) in-vessel corium melt retention (IVMR) in small modular reactor (SMR) of PWR type, and (ii) ex-vessel melt-coolant interactions and melt spreading. The projects are supported by Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (https://www.stralsakerhetsmyndigheten.se/) and APRI (https://www.apri.se/). The IVMR research will be towards adaptation of the conventional IVR methodology developed for and used in the medium- and large-power PWRs and its further implementation in new SMR designs. The expected results are demonstration of potential efficiency of the IVMR strategy, which can significantly improve SMR safety performance by preservation of integrity of reactor pressure vessel, i.e. the existing safety barrier. For the research on ex-vessel melt-coolant interactions and melt spreading, the experiments will be performed in the DEFOR and CoSMUS facilities at KTH (https://www.physics.kth.se/nps/research/facilities) toward understanding of relevant phenomena important to ex-vessel corium risk assessment.
What we offer
- A position at a leading technical university that generates knowledge and skills for a sustainable future
- Both computational and experimental research in well-equipped laboratories.
- Novel SMR concepts to be studied.
- Collaborations with organizations leading nuclear reactor safety research at national and international levels.
- Engaged and ambitious colleagues along with a creative, international and dynamic working environment
- Work in Stockholm, in close proximity to nature
- Help to relocate and be settled in Sweden and at KTH
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Qualifications
Requirements
- A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree. This eligibility requirement must be met no later than the time the employment decision is made.
- PhD in Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Power Safety, Engineering Mechanics or similar, with extensive experience from reactor thermal hydraulics (TH), severe accident (SA) research and safety analyses.
Preferred qualifications
- A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree, obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline
- Knowledge and experience from using TH or SA codes.
- Hands-on experience from lab work related to TH or SA research.
- Good communicative skills, team work competence and collaborative skills, as well as capability to work independently.
- Motivation and dedication to research work is a very strong merit.
- Teaching experience is an advantage.
- Awareness of diversity and equal opportunity issues, with specific focus on gender equality
- You act according to the KTH Core Values
Great emphasis will be placed on personal skills.
Trade union representatives
You will find contact information to trade union representatives at KTH’s webbpage.
To apply for the position
Log into KTH’s recruitment system in order to apply for this position. You are the main responsible to ensure that your application is complete according to the ad.
The application must include:
- CV including relevant professional experience and knowledge.
- Copy of diplomas and grades from your previous university studies. Translations into English or Swedish if the original documents have not been issued in any of these languages.
- Brief account of why you want to conduct research, your academic interests and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. Max two pages long.
- Name and contact details to 2-3 reference persons (and letters of support from these persons, if at hand).
Your complete application must be received at KTH no later than the last day of application, midnight CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).
About the employment
The position offered is for, at the most, two years.
A position as a postdoctoral fellow is a time-limited qualified appointment focusing mainly on research, intended as a first career step after a dissertation.
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