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About the opportunity
Amentum is leading a joint venture (JV) delivering a Framework Contract for the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), providing intellectual support services to the nuclear decommissioning programme across multiple European sites.
The JV supports JRC in accelerating decommissioning and waste management activities through provision of technical and programme support services, including:
- Project and programme management
- Licensing
- Radioactive waste management
- Radiation protection
- Decommissioning and nuclear engineering
- Worksite management and safety
- Non-nuclear engineering
- Facility supervision and quality assurance





Job Purpose
Provide technical expertise for the management of radioactive waste arising from decommissioning activities at JRC facilities. Support the development and implementation of waste management strategies in compliance with Italian, EU, and IAEA regulations and standards.
Key Responsibilities
Waste Management Planning
- Develop and implement radioactive waste management strategies.
- Support waste minimisation and waste hierarchy initiatives.
- Prepare waste treatment, conditioning, packaging, transport, and disposal plans.
- Coordinate interfaces between decommissioning and waste management activities.

Waste Characterisation
- Define waste characterization programmes.
- Assess radiological and chemical inventories.
- Review sampling and analysis methodologies, and non-destructive testing requirements.
- Review assay and analysis results.
- Classify waste according to local regulatio

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