Ukaea Materials Summer Placement 2024
4 days ago
**Company Description** By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world’s energy? If so, read on. Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and Stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs. UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy, partnering with industry and research for groundbreaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid, supported by tomorrow's power stations. In pursuit of our mission, UKAEA embraces core values: Innovative, Committed, Trusted, and Collaborative." This role requires employees to **complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)**, including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions. **The Role**:High Throughput Analysis of Irradiation Hardening in Reduced Activation Ferritic-Martensitic Steels for Future Fusion Applications. Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join our team and contribute to the future of fusion energy. Reduced activation ferritic-martensitic (RAFM) steels are a recent class of radiation-resistant steels designed to be used as the structural components of power-producing fusion reactors. Their goal is to provide high-temperature strength and creep resistance while consisting only of alloying elements that do not produce high-level radioactive waste after use. The current generation of RAFM steels are limited to operating temperatures below 550°C, after which the alloys are susceptible to grain boundary unpinning, phase instability and a loss in creep strength. This is attributed to the coarsening of the M23C6 precipitates at high temperature. Advanced RAFM steels, or ARAFM steels, are therefore being developed to operate above 550°C and increase the thermodynamic efficiency of the power plant. The key consortium within the UK in this area is operating within the NEURONE programme, which seeks to combine an optimised alloy chemistry with refinements in the thermomechanical treatment (TMT) of the alloy in order to produce a microstructure strengthened by a fine dispersion of metastable, radiation-resistant MX-type precipitates. There exists already a very large library of materials within NEURONE, due to the rapid combinatorial effects of alloy chemistry, TMT, irradiating species, irradiation temperature, and irradiation dose. It is therefore critical to develop robust methodologies to rapidly screen alloys for changes in key mechanical properties - hardness, yield strength, hardenability, creep resistance - as a function of these effects. This project will support our efforts in developing a high-throughput, nanoindentation-based approach to assess the changes in mechanical properties after (ion) irradiation. Indentation tests using a wide range of indenter geometries and loading profiles will be refined and applied to our library of (non-active) irradiated samples in order to target the specific properties of interest. Post-test electron-microscopy characterisation to understand how deformation is accommodated within the microstructure will also be performed in support of knowledge-based materials design strategies. This role is part of the Royce Summer Placement Scheme. **Qualifications** Essential Requirements**: - To be considered you will need to be working towards a relevant degree and will be required to have the right to work in the UK. **Additional Information
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Ukaea Materials Summer Placement 2024
4 days ago
Culham, United Kingdom CCFE Full time**Overview of Responsibilities**: This role requires employees to **complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS),** including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions. **The Role**:Development of oxide dispersion strengthened ferritic steels for fusion energy Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to...
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Ukaea Materials Summer Placement 2024
4 days ago
Culham, United Kingdom UK Atomic Energy Authority Full time**Company Description** By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world’s energy? If so, read on. Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and Stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our...
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Ukaea Materials Summer Placement 2024
4 days ago
Culham, United Kingdom Culham Centre for Fusion Energy Full time**Overview of Responsibilities**: This role requires employees to **complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)**, including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions. **The Role**:High Throughput Analysis of Irradiation Hardening in Reduced Activation Ferritic-Martensitic Steels for Future Fusion...
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Culham, United Kingdom UK Atomic Energy Authority Full timeCompany Description By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world’s energy? If so, read on. Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and Stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world...
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UKAEA Research Fellow
1 week ago
Culham, United Kingdom UK Atomic Energy Authority Full timeFusion, the process that powers the sun and stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs. UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy, partnering with industry and research for ground breaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid, supported by tomorrow's...
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UKAEA Research Fellow
1 week ago
Culham, United Kingdom UK Atomic Energy Authority Full timeFusion, the process that powers the sun and stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs. UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy, partnering with industry and research for ground breaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid, supported by tomorrow's...
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UKAEA Research Fellow
2 weeks ago
Culham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom CCFE Full time £40,000 - £60,000 per yearOverview of ResponsibilitiesWho are we looking for?If you are an outstanding scientist or engineer who has recently completed a doctorate or expects to complete a doctorate in the next few months and you want to be part of a vibrant research programme to develop nuclear fusion as an energy source for future generations, this may be an excellent opportunity...
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UKAEA Research Fellow
2 weeks ago
Culham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom UK Atomic Energy Authority Full time £25,000 - £65,000 per yearFusion, the process that powers the sun and stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs. UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy, partnering with industry and research for ground breaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid, supported by tomorrow's...
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UKAEA Research Fellow
1 week ago
Culham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom UK Atomic Energy Authority Full timeFusion, the process that powers the sun and stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs. UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy, partnering with industry and research for ground breaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid, supported by tomorrow's...
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Culham, United Kingdom UK Atomic Energy Authority Full timeCompany Description By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world’s energy? If so, read on. Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and Stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world...
