Play an active role in newcleo Lead Fast Reactor (LFR) technology development by applying foundational inorganic chemistry knowledge and researching chemical phenomena and processes in heavy liquid metal (HLM) media. Model, test and characterize HLM systems, particularly liquid lead, and describe the relationships between physicochemical properties and reactor operational safety and performance. Leverage top-notch experimental infrastructure and apply your chemical thermodynamics competence to solve the main challenges concerning liquid lead coolant interactions with reactor materials, fission and activation products, and chemical unit processes for chemistry control, in both normal operations, transients and accidental scenarios.
Main activities
• Apply competences in the realm of chemical thermodynamics and kinetics to understand mobility and speciation in liquid lead of oxygen, corrosion products and other dissolved impurities:
- Develop and/or use thermodynamic and kinetic models to understand chemical speciation and mobility of relevant elements.
- Investigate experimentally - through characterization and testing - lead chemistry phenomena at high temperature to support the engineering of reliable and scalable chemistry control and monitoring strategies.
- Perform foundational studies related to the chemistry of complex compounds to derive phase diagrams needed to underpin assumptions on behavior of materials that impact engineering systems (e.g. oxygen control in the core, fuel handling, release of chemicals in the gas handling system).
• Contribute in extended characterization programs, from the laboratory to full-scale level of the reactor chemical systems in normal, transient and accident conditions.
• Rationalize observed chemical trends in benchtop and pre-pilot scale test benches using thermodynamics, reactivity models and transport properties notions.
• Follow-up and execute R&D; actions underpinning reactor development, and partic
Mostra le tue capacità professionali all'azienda, compila il form e lascia un tocco personale nella lettera di presentazione, aiuterà il recruiter nella scelta del candidato.