About newcleo newcleo is an innovative nuclear technology company developing advanced modular reactors and nuclear fuel designed to deliver clean, safe and sustainable energy at competitive costs. newcleo's technology combines lead-cooled fast reactors with fuel manufactured from recycled nuclear materials, with the aim of providing abundant and reliable electricity and heat to industrial users while enabling the closure of the nuclear fuel cycle.

newcleo brings together more than 900 highly skilled employees across Europe and the United States, spanning reactor and fuel design, engineering, and manufacturing. Through a vertically integrated supply chain and a growing network of strategic partnerships, newcleo is working to turn proven scientific and engineering solutions into deployable nuclear energy assets.

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Internship Overview

We are looking for a Chemist Trainee who will join our company for a 6 months internship. newcleo's Material & Chemistry (MCX) laboratories generate the experimental data behind materials’ qualification and lead coolant chemistry monitoring and control systems for the design of our lead-cooled fast reactor.

Join a multidisciplinary R&D; team developing chemistry technologies. The internship combines electrochemistry, chemical thermodynamics and kinetics, high temperature materials science and elements of reactor engineering through hands-on experimental work.





Work Plan The candidate will support throughout its period in the company two main subjects of research:

- Oxygen Chemistry Control in Liquid Lead Systems (50% of time)

- Support studies on the oxygen reduction reaction in liquid lead.
- Contribute to the investigation of the chemical kinetics elements underpinning the chemistry control processes for LFR normal operations.
- Perform electrochemical measurements, analyze experimental data and support technical reporting.
- Develop an understanding of oxygen monitoring and control strategies in liquid metal systems.

- Lead Retention on Extracted Components (50% of time)

- Investigate lead retention on component surfaces after extraction from liquid lead environments.
- Design and execute immersion/withdrawal campaigns using stagnant lead and representative model geometries.
- Quantify retained lead and identify key influencing parameters.
- Support the interpretation of results relevant to LFR component design.

Qualifications

Education

- Students or recent graduates (M.Sc.) in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related fields.

Experience
- Hands-on lab experience with testing or analytical techniques is highly appreciated.
- Knowledge of scientific data collection, analysis and interpretation.
- Basic knowledge of statistical methods in research context.
- Knowledge of computational fluid dynamics is a plus.

Language Proficiency:
- English (CEFR C1+)
- Italian (CEFR C1+)
- French is a plus

📌 Chemist Trainee (Italia)
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