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2 months ago
Department: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Deadline: All year round
This 4 year PhD is co-funded through Nuclear Waste Services Research Support Office View Website and SATURN CDT , this studentship is available to start from September 2024. The PhD is fully funded, covering fees and including a tax free maintenance grant at the standard UKVI rate (£19,237 for 2024/25). This project is for home students only. This position will remain open until filled.
A fully-funded PhD studentship is available to a graduate with interests in radiochemistry and radioactive waste challenges. Disposal of nuclear legacy waste is one of the biggest scientific and engineering challenges of the 21st Century. Geological disposal of nuclear waste in a repository m below ground is internationally considered to be the preferred long-term solution for radioactive waste disposal. To strengthen post-closure criticality safety arguments for a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) understanding the co-behaviour of neutron poison elements (e.g. Hf, Gd), which have a high propensity for absorbing neutrons, and actinide elements (U, Pu), which are major components of waste, is important. This includes knowledge of neutron poison solubility and mobility under conditions relevant to geological disposal of radioactive wastes.
This project will involve fundamental, interdisciplinary research combining radiochemistry, environmental radioactivity and mineralogy with cutting edge techniques in a state of art facility. The research project will be carried out in the University of Manchester's RADER lab facility ), and will include solid- and solution-phase characterisation techniques.
Throughout the study, the successful applicant will investigate the chemical speciation (local bonding environment) of neutron poisons and radionuclides using luminescence and X-ray absorption spectroscopic techniques to underpin the behaviour of these elements with a fundamental understanding of their aqueous geo-chemistry.
The successful applicant will join a welcoming, vibrant group of 20+ researchers examining environmental chemistry and radioactivity research topics and receive training in a wide range of experimental techniques and methodologies including the handling of radioactive materials and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. They will also have the opportunity to present their research results to their nuclear industry supervisor, and at national and international research conferences. The project benefits from established links to the UK nuclear industry (e.g. co-funder Nuclear Waste Services) and state of the art facilities in the University of Manchester's Departments of Earth and Environmental Science and Chemistry. Furthermore, we have established links to radionuclide speciation via the Diamond Light Source. The student will benefit from co-funding through the GREEN CDT with a tailored training program, the success of which has been demonstrated by two-thirds of graduates from this consortium's previous nuclear CDTs going on to work in the nuclear sector, and 90% taking up technical roles.
Applicants are expected to hold, or about to obtain, a minimum upper second class undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Geosciences or a closely related discipline. A Master's degree in relevant subject, and/or experience in handling and analysis of environmental samples containing radionuclides are desirable.
The standard academic entry requirement for this PhD is an upper second-class (2:1) honours degree in a discipline directly relevant to the PhD (or international equivalent) OR any upper-second class (2:1) honours degree and a Master's degree at merit in a discipline directly relevant to the PhD (or international equivalent).
Please contact the supervisors for this project before you apply; Vicky Coker and Tom Neill
£19,237 tax free maintenance grant (for 2024/25) / fully funded
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