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We are looking for a full time Senior Physicist/Consultant to join our Reactor and Radiation Physics Team at our Birchwood office, to carry out independent nuclear safety and technical assessment of nuclear submarine propulsion plant, and support criticality and shielding safety case development in support of the civil nuclear sector and other safety critical infrastructure.
Job Responsibility
Assessment of safety cases
Assessment of design technical cases
Providing formal independent nuclear safety and technical assessment of documents relating to the Physics aspects of nuclear propulsion and delivering the assessment output in formal letters, which may be presented to relevant safety and technical committees
Performing assurance activities (Physics trails and testing)
Contributing to Research projects in reactor physics and associated technologies
Representing us at safety and technical meetings with clients, the plant authorisee, designers and safety case authors
Applying your personal skills and experience to other projects being carried out by us, including shielding and criticality assessments for clients in the civil nuclear industry
Requirements
Criticality and radiation shielding assessment
Reactor Plant Physics analysis and performance
Independent nuclear safety assurance including safety assessment of relevant safety cases, and technical assessment of reactor designs
Criticality safety analysis
Radiation shielding
Mathematical methods and modelling
Criticality safety, reactor physics or shielding analysis
Submarine reactor design and safety case
Civil reactor design and safety case
Shielding and radiological safety case development and assessment
Use of physics analysis codes
Understanding of the UK Regulatory and Assurance Environment