Nuclear safety analysis engineer

About this role

Are you motivated to provide your expertise and know-how to the ongoing design studies for the Thorizon One reactor to ensure a high level of safety and security, and to play your part in obtaining the authorisations required for the construction, commissioning and operating phases of the reactor? You will be involved in the missions of the Licensing & Safety team. You will participate in the nuclear safety engineering activity (design of the Pioneer nuclear demonstrator, design of the FOAK/NOAK), in close liaison with the design studies, by developing the nuclear safety demonstration of the reactor through the identification and analysis of the postulated initiating events and the assessment of internal and external hazards.

You will also contribute to the development of basics and approaches in various areas (safety objectives, defence in depth implementation, safety acceptance criteria, safety classification, deterministic safety analysis rules, probabilistic safety analysis strategy, etc.). You will work at the interface with all the other disciplines in the company, in particular with the systems design teams, the functional teams (neutronics, thermal-hydraulics, chemistry, mechanical) and the development and prototyping team.

You will play a key role in ensuring that the design takes account of the safety requirements imposed by regulations or meets high-level standards. You will contribute to the various application files to be sent to the regulators and will defend the nuclear safety demonstration at review meetings. In this environment, which combines both compliance with regulatory requirements and the development of an innovative reactor, you get the unique opportunity to put your knowledge to the best use, develop your ideas, explore many aspects and play a crucial role in the company's growth.

Contribute to the development of an ambitious and robust licensing strategy for the nuclear demonstrator and the commercial reactor, mitigating regulatory risks. Provide the fundamental elements of the nuclear safety demonstration (approaches, analyses supporting the demonstration, key elements of the demonstration). Define the high-level nuclear safety requirements to be taken into account in the design studies. Work closely with the design teams to ensure that the safety requirements are properly translated into appropriate provisions.