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Design and analyze nuclear systems and components, applying nuclear science to create safe, efficient reactor and fuel-cycle solutions; produce specifications and documentation, ensure regulatory compliance, and support testing, licensing, and implementation.
- • Select materials and qualify components for radiation, temperature, and pressure environments.
- • Define instrumentation and control requirements and interfaces for nuclear systems.
- • Conduct design-basis and beyond-design-basis accident analyses and propose mitigating features.
- • Perform ALARA evaluations and shielding designs to meet dose limits.
- • Evaluate operational events and test data to inform design improvements and preventive measures.
- • Plan and execute design verification and validation, peer reviews, and independent design checks.
- • Prepare safety analyses and licensing submittals and support regulator and stakeholder reviews.
- • Develop fuel cycle models and core reload methodologies to optimize performance and minimize waste.
- • Define test plans and commissioning procedures and support factory and site acceptance testing.
- • Review vendor designs and coordinate with suppliers, fabricators, and constructors.
- • Develop operating and maintenance instructions tied to design intent, limits, and surveillance.
- • Track applicable codes, standards, and regulatory requirements and ensure design compliance.
- • Manage design changes, nonconformances, and corrective actions through formal processes.
- • Provide engineering support during construction and outages to resolve design issues.
- • Prepare concise technical reports, calculation summaries, and design justifications.
- • Contribute to project planning, cost and schedule estimates, and risk assessments.
- • Develop conceptual and detailed designs for reactor cores, fuel assemblies, shielding, and nuclear systems.
- • Perform neutronics, thermal-hydraulic, structural, and radiation transport analyses to validate designs.
- • Create calculations, drawings, and 3D models and maintain configuration control.
- • Write technical specifications, procurement requirements, and acceptance criteria for nuclear equipment and materials.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
