Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Oklo Inc. is seeking a Safety Analysis Engineer to support the safety basis for a first-of-a-kind used nuclear fuel recycling facility. The role evaluates hazards and accidents, designates Items Relied On For Safety (IROFS), develops management measures, and supports radiological, subcriticality, chemical, and fire safety programs.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain safety basis documents according to applicable Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulation and guidance
- Support Integrated Safety Analysis (ISA), Criticality Safety Evaluations, Fire Hazard Analysis (FHA), and Natural Phenomena Hazard (NPH) analysis
- Identify and evaluate radiological, criticality, chemical, fire, and natural phenomena hazards
- Identify and evaluate accident sequences using both inductive and deductive methods
- Perform deterministic consequence severity calculations for radiological/chemical source term and dose
- Perform likelihood calculations using qualitative and semi-quantitative (e.g., layers of protection analysis)
- Designate items relied on for safety (IROFS) for the prevention and mitigation of accidents
- Develop management measures to ensure adequate availability and reliability of IROFS
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, nuclear engineering, or related discipline
- 3-5 years of experience in experience in nuclear safety, process safety, or similar high-hazard environments
- Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP) and Failure Modes and Effects (FMEA) PHA methods
- A master's or Ph.D. is highly desirable
- NRC licensed fuel cycle facility safety basis development
- Consequence severity analysis using RADTRAD, MELCOR/MACCS, ARCON and PAVAN
- Event tree and fault tree analysis
- NUREG-1513, NUREG-1520, NUREG-1718 and relevant regulatory frameworks
Benefits
- Flexible time off
- Bonuses
- Equity
- 401k
- Health insurance
- FSA
- Flexible work hours
- Remote work for remote employees, with travel to headquarters (Santa Clara, CA) twice a quarter annually, based on business or team needs, including attendance at team meetings, off-sites, and other company events or gatherings
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