The ideal candidate must have strong nuclear engineering skills, including expertise in fast reactor physics and design, thermal/hydraulics experience, and knowledge of nuclear design/analysis methodologies. Proficiency in computational skills, programming, and software development tools is required. Additionally, the candidate should possess strong technical documentation and verbal communication skills, be self-motivated, and enrolled in a nuclear engineering program at an accredited university.

The candidate will be responsible for understanding FFTF transient shutdown tests, developing methodologies for extracting decay heat measurements, comparing predictions with validation data, and performing uncertainty assessments in a neutrino methods internship at TerraPower.

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TerraPower is a nuclear energy technology company based in beautiful Bellevue, Washington. We work to raise global living standards by creating new forms of energy. TerraPower aspires to develop scalable, sustainable, low-carbon and cost-competitive energy sources that will allow all nations to quicken their pace of economic development and reduce poverty. This mission-driven innovation distinguishes our efforts from other endeavors.

Since 2008, TerraPower has been bringing together the strengths and experiences of the world’s public- and private nuclear energy sectors. With deep technical knowledge and commercial experience, our centerpiece technology is an advanced nuclear technology called the traveling wave reactor (TWR). TerraPower’s unique approach greatly simplifies the nuclear energy supply chain and significantly mitigates many shortcomings of today’s standard nuclear energy technologies. 

We’re a growing company and we continue to add talent from a variety of fields. TerraPower seeks to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals interested in advanced nuclear energy research and development, and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape. 

We are an equal opportunity employer. However, TerraPower’s technology is controlled for export by various agencies of the U.S. Government. TerraPower must evaluate applicants who are foreign nationals (other than asylees, refugees, or lawful permanent residents) in accordance with U.S. Government export control requirements. To facilitate TerraPower’s export control reviews, you will be asked as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or national, asylee, refugee, or lawful permanent resident of the United States. Government export authorization approval times vary. Based on the business needs for a particular position, TerraPower may not consider a foreign national from a country if it is impracticable to obtain timely Government export approval.


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<ul><li>TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes.&nbsp;TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, TerraPower has instituted an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit, hire, and promote women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.</li><li>The Neutronics Methods Intern will work with the Nuclear Methods team to develop a high-quality decay heat dataset to be used for decay heat validation. This data will be developed from transient shutdown tests performed on the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF). These heavily-instrumented tests were initially performed to characterize the core's natural circulation behavior prior to commencing full power operations and helped to significantly increase the industry’s understanding of passive safety in SFRs. Accurate predictions of decay heat are necessary for the design of important features of the Natrium plant such as the Reactor Air Cooling (RAC) system.</li><li>The intern will work closely with the Nuclear Methods team to explore this potential validation source and develop a dataset that can be used in subsequent formal validation activities. While the extraction of the decay heat information from the transient data is clearly possible in principle, the exact methodology has not yet been developed. The major goal of the project is to research and develop this methodology and implement it to develop a high-quality, documented validation dataset that can be used in subsequent efforts by the Nuclear Methods team. Time permitting, the Intern will participate in these subsequent efforts by using an existing FFTF computational model to compare decay heat predictions from the model against the validation dataset.&nbsp;</li></ul>

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TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes. TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, TerraPower has instituted an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit, hire, and promote women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.The Neutronics Methods Intern will work with the Nuclear Methods team to develop a high-quality decay heat dataset to be used for decay heat validation. This data will be developed from transient shutdown tests performed on the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF). These heavily-instrumented tests were initially performed to characterize the core's natural circulation behavior prior to commencing full power operations and helped to significantly increase the industry’s understanding of passive safety in SFRs. Accurate predictions of decay heat are necessary for the design of important features of the Natrium plant such as the Reactor Air Cooling (RAC) system.The intern will work closely with the Nuclear Methods team to explore this potential validation source and develop a dataset that can be used in subsequent formal validation activities. While the extraction of the decay heat information from the transient data is clearly possible in principle, the exact methodology has not yet been developed. The major goal of the project is to research and develop this methodology and implement it to develop a high-quality, documented validation dataset that can be used in subsequent efforts by the Nuclear Methods team. Time permitting, the Intern will participate in these subsequent efforts by using an existing FFTF computational model to compare decay heat predictions from the model against the validation dataset. 

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