Postdoc in Nuclear Power Safety

Job description

We are looking for a postdoctoral to study core melt spreading and interactions with structures during severe accidents of light water reactors (LWRs). The project is supported by APRI program. Experimental and computational studies on phenomena associated with core melt spreading and melt-structure interaction processes will be conducted toward development and validation of models which can be used for safety analyses and improvement of severe accident management of LWRs.

What we offer

• A position at a leading technical university that generates knowledge and skills for a sustainable future
• Engaged and ambitious colleagues along with a creative, international and dynamic working environment
• Experimental research infrastructure and computational resources to be further developed in the project.
• Collaborations with organizations leading nuclear reactor safety research at national and international levels.
• 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
• Hands-on experience from lab work related to reactor thermal-hydraulics and severe accident research.
• Knowledge and experience from using reactor safety analysis codes.
• 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.

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To apply for the position

Log into KTH's recruitment system to apply for this position. You are responsible for ensuring that your application is complete according to the instructions in the ad.

To apply for the position

Log into KTH's recruitment system in order to apply for this position. You are responsible to ensure that your application is complete according to the instructions in 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.

Others

Striving towards gender equality, diversity and equal conditions is both a question of quality for KTH and a given part of our values.

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