Radiation Protection Engineer

Headline

Powering the future of safe nuclear innovation

Highlights

• Define the radiation protection framework of the Belgian SMR-LFR demonstrator (LEANDREA)
• advice and support to the LEANDREA design
• working in a challenging, multidisciplinary and international environment
• Master's degree in Nuclear Engineering or Mechanical Engineering with knowledge and experience in radiation protection and ALARA
• permanent contract.

Job description

SCK CEN is developing LEANDREA, a lead‑cooled fast Technology Demonstrator supporting future SMR‑LFR reactors, together with an international consortium. The Reactor Safety team is responsible for the safety assessment, including radiation protection and nuclear safety. To support this work, SCK CEN is recruiting a Radiation Protection Engineer.

• defining the radiation protection strategy, requirements and procedures for the SMR‑LFR design and operation in collaboration with the Internal Service for Prevention and Protection at Work (ISPPW)
• developing and applying methodologies to evaluate radiological risks for workers and performing ALARA studies
• creating simplified conservative models to guide and validate shielding design solutions
• writing the radiation protection chapter of the preliminary safety assessment report and presenting progress to FANC/AFCN and Bel V
• analysing radiation and contamination fields to verify compliance with radioprotection requirements and ALARA objectives together with the Reactor Physics unit, ISPPW and the SMR-LFR licensing team
• coordinating activation studies to estimate source term inventories in collaboration with the Reator Physics unit
• establishing strategies to reduce radiological risks during normal reactor operation in coordination with the design and licensing teams and ISPPW
• defining ALARA‑by‑design requirements and verifying their implementation for shielding, nuclear HVAC, access control, radiation monitoring and remote handling
• supporting and interfacing with the radioactive waste management team.

Job requirements

• Master’s degree preferably in Nuclear Engineering or Mechanical Engineering
• knowledge and experience in radiation protection and ALARA
• experience in design within large-scale projects
• experience or willingness to learn computer codes in support of shielding and activation studies, such as: Serpent Montecarlo neutron and photon transport code, and codes in support of dose assessment, such as Microshield and VISIPLAN
• knowledge of one or more of the following extra assets is a plus:
  • Experience in writing requirements, and the use of System Engineering software’s, especially Polarion
  • Direct experience in nuclear applications
• very good verbal and written communication skills, mainly in English and profound interpersonal and reporting skills.