SENIOR TECHNICAL ADVISOR FOR NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
What you'd do
This position is located in Division of Advanced Reactor Programs. The supervisor is Ravi Penmetsa. This position is subject to Public Financial Disclosure reporting requirements.This position is subject to security ownership restriction reporting requirements.
Major duties
The successful candidate will serve as an agency authority on advanced reactor nuclear engineering, providing expert technical leadership on the safety analysis, licensing, and regulatory evaluation of advanced nuclear reactor technologies, including non-light-water reactors, small modular reactors (SMRs), and microreactors. The incumbent serves as a recognized expert in advanced reactor safety analysis and licensing, integrating expertise in nuclear safety analysis and safety case development, severe accident analysis and source term evaluation, fuel performance and technologies, reactor systems design and analysis, and computational methods, modeling, and code development to support the design, construction, operation, and licensing of advanced reactor facilities. Particular emphasis is placed on evaluating technical performance and uncertainty in the development of integrated advanced reactor safety cases, including licensing basis events, defense-in-depth, structures, systems, and components (SSC) classification and special treatment, source term analyses, and risk-informed, performance-based regulatory decision making. Duties include, but are not limited to: Serves as an agency staff technical expert on advanced reactor nuclear engineering, providing authoritative technical leadership on the safety analysis, licensing, and regulatory evaluation of advanced nuclear reactor technologies, including non-light-water reactors, small modular reactors (SMRs), and microreactors. Advises senior management on highly complex technical, safety, and regulatory issues involving advanced reactor safety analysis, safety case development, severe accident and source term evaluation, fuel performance, reactor systems, computational methods, and risk-informed, performance-based licensing approaches. Provides independent technical reviews of, or leads multidisciplinary teams responsible for resolving, significant and complex technical issues affecting the design, construction, operation, and licensing of advanced reactor facilities. Evaluates integrated safety analyses, licensing basis events, structures, systems, and components (SSC) classification and special treatment, defense-in-depth, reactor systems performance, fuel qualification, severe accidents, source terms, uncertainty analyses, and advanced analytical methods, and develops technically sound and regulatorily defensible approaches to support licensing decisions. Represents the agency on national and international technical committees, regulatory working groups, and code and standards organizations, and coordinates with NRC offices, the Department of Energy (DOE), national laboratories, industry, applicants, and international counterparts to advance regulatory guidance, resolve complex technical issues, and support the timely, safe, and effective licensing and deployment of advanced reactor technologies.
What you need to qualify
You must meet the qualifications for this position by no later than 30 calendar days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position. Conditions of Employment: U.S. Citizenship Required This is a Drug Testing position Must be able to meet and maintain security & suitability requirements As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
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