The opportunity
Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for a Thermal-Hydraulics and Safety Analysis Engineer to join our isotope engineering team to own the thermal hydraulic safety case for the next generation of domestic isotope production facilities.
What you'll do
Develop, maintain, and execute systems-level thermal-hydraulic models of: reactor and plant behavior using RELAP5 or comparable analysis codes.
Analyze normal operating conditions, anticipated operational occurrences,: design-basis events, and selected beyond-design-basis conditions relevant to the thermal-hydraulic safety case.
Develop event-specific analysis plans, including initial and boundary: conditions, assumptions, acceptance criteria, figures of merit, and treatment of uncertainties.
Develop and document thermal-hydraulic safety-analysis methods, modeling: guidance, and engineering practices appropriate to advanced reactor licensing.
Establish and justify code, model, and correlation applicability for the: physical phenomena and operating regimes being evaluated.
Perform model verification, validation, sensitivity studies, uncertainty: analyses, scaling evaluations, and comparisons with experiments, benchmarks, hand calculations, or higher-fidelity analyses. Identify gaps in available methods, data, and validation evidence, and define practical plans to close those gaps.
What they're looking for
- Translate regulatory requirements and safety acceptance criteria into: defensible analysis requirements and technical evaluation strategies.
- Prepare high-quality calculation packages, methodology documents,: safety-analysis reports, licensing-application content, and responses to regulator questions.
- Evaluate design changes and provide timely feedback on their effects on: transient response, safety margins, system performance, and the licensing basis.
- Collaborate with reactor physics, fuel, controls, mechanical,: thermal-hydraulics, safety, and licensing engineers on coupled analyses and interface conditions.
