Description
Apply nuclear and process engineering principles to design, model, and optimize plant and fuel-cycle systems for the release, control, and use of nuclear energy and the treatment and disposal of nuclear wastes, supporting safe, compliant, and efficient operations.
- • Manage configuration, change control, and design bases for process systems.
- • Collaborate with chemists, mechanical and I&C engineers, and vendors to define requirements and validate designs.
- • Present and review process design packages with contractors, review boards, and regulators.
- • Monitor process and radiological parameters to ensure compliant, safe, and stable operations.
- • Investigate process upsets and events to derive corrective and preventive actions.
- • Stay current on nuclear process technologies, codes, and standards.
- • Plan and execute bench, pilot, or field tests to validate process methods for fuel, coolant, and waste systems.
- • Design and optimize flowsheets, heat and mass balances, and PFDs/P&IDs for nuclear process systems.
- • Specify and integrate process equipment, instrumentation, and control strategies for nuclear service.
- • Develop operating procedures, setpoints, and work instructions for fuel handling, chemistry control, and waste processing.
- • Perform performance testing and data analytics to improve heat transfer, flow, and equipment reliability.
- • Lead or support commissioning, startup, and troubleshooting of process systems.
- • Recommend ALARA-based controls and administrative measures to reduce exposure and risk.
- • Coordinate with operations and maintenance to ensure efficiency and adherence to safety bases and technical specifications.
- • Build and validate process models and simulations to minimize waste generation and optimize cycles.
- • Evaluate effluents and emissions and support environmental impact and permitting analyses.
- • Develop decontamination, filtration, and waste solidification or volume-reduction strategies.
- • Support criticality, containment, and shielding considerations in process design with safety analysts.
- • Conduct hazard analyses and define interlocks, alarms, and shutdown logic.
- • Prepare technical reports, calculations, and licensing or regulatory submittals.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
