ITER Project Associates

Title

Associate for nuclear engineering analyses for the tritium breeding blankets systems

Overview

Ref No: IPA/2024/038/CP
Department: ITER Construction Project (CP)
Program: Nuclear Technologies Program (NTP)
Project: Tritium Breeding Blanket Project (TBB)
Duration: 1 year
Number of IPA(s): 1
Purpose: Nuclear engineering analyses for the tritium breeding blankets

Ref. code

IPA/2024/038/CP

Application deadline

08-12-2024

Description

Purpose/Scope
To provide engineering analyses, calculations, and documents for the following main tasks:

• Activation and contamination analyses;
• Radiological maps;
• Incident and accident analyses and related I&C safety functions;
• Compliance with the pressure equipment and nuclear pressure equipment directive;
• Verification and qualification to functions, requirements, and loads.

Overall foreseen duration of the assignment

1 year (with possibility of extension up to 4 years）

On-site/remote assignment

On-site

List of activities to be performed

For all the main tasks identified above the following activities should be performed:

• Contribute to the preparation of the methodological approach
• Consolidate the input data with the responsible officer
• Assess the computational codes and their maturity for nuclear engineering and nuclear safety analyses
• Perform the calculations and the analyses consistently with the scope of work
• Prepare reports engineering analyses documentation
• Compute and assess the radiological exposure of personnel and equipment
• Contribute to the review of related design documentation produced by others

Specific requirements and conditions

• Master's degree or equivalent in nuclear engineering
• At least 5 years of working experience in a relevant field
• Experience in engineering analyses and nuclear safety analyses and demonstration
• Experience in preparing reports and justification documents combining several engineering and nuclear safety disciplines, activation, contamination, radiological exposure, etc.
• Knowledge of the nuclear pressure equipment regulation under the French contest
• Knowledge of the nuclear safety regulations applicable to the French nuclear facility.

Financial aspects

Paid by the HI, but under certain conditions as defined in the ITER Project Associates Scheme, IO could provide support

Attachment

IO template for Home Institute Proposal

Title

Associate for engineering design of Tritium Breeding Blankets component's installation and replacement equipment

Overview

Ref No: IPA/2024/039/CP
Department: ITER Construction Project (CP)
Program: Nuclear Technologies Program (NTP)
Project: Tritium Breeding Blanket Project (TBB)
Duration: 1 year
Number of IPA(s): 1
Purpose: Engineering contribution to the development of the Tritium Breeding Blanket component's installation and replacement equipment and tools

Ref. code

IPA/2024/039/CP

Application deadline

08-12-2024

Description

Purpose/Scope

To provide engineering analyses, calculations, and documents for the following main tasks:

• Definition of the port cells equipment installation and replacement sequence of operations
• Design and development, including mock-up and testing, of the equipment and means to ensure the reconfiguration of Test Banket Systems (TBS) in the port cells during Long Term Maintenance
• Definition and design of the virtual and physical mock-ups
• Definition of the tasks to be executed in the Tokamak building and in the hot cell facilities for the reconfiguration of the TBS

Overall foreseen duration of the assignment

1 year (with possibility of extension up to 4 years）

On-site/remote assignment

On-site

List of activities to be performed

Definition of the port cells equipment installation and replacement sequence of operations:

• Define the sequence of operations
• Define interfaces between installation & replacement equipment and TBS components
• Identify the components that require to be handled and define associated interfaces
• Define the type of operations to be performed (task specification) and associated resources
• Estimate the time required for the interventions
• Estimate the Occupational Radiation Exposure and implement ALARA with appropriate measures

Design and development, including mock-up and testing, of the equipment and means to ensure the reconfiguration of test banket systems (TBS) in the port cells during Long Term Maintenance:

• Identify the requirements associated with the set of equipment and means to ensure the reconfiguration of TBS in the port cells
• Define and design required workstations, tools to perform the connexions/disconnections operations, tools to manage the required loads handling and transportation
• Identify load cases and contribute to the load specification document during installation/replacement operations
• To develop and write interfaces between port cell common equipment and associated maintenance tooling
• Contribute to the updates of the associated design description documents
• Support the mechanical design with engineering verification assessments against criteria defined in regulations and codes (such as codes for cranes and lifting equipment, Eurocodes, RCC-MRx)

Definition and design of the virtual and physical mock-ups

• Perform Virtual Reality simulation of the sequence of operations in support of components and tooling design
• Contribute to the physical mock-ups in support of the R&D for the development of the operation development (tools prototype, welding trials, flanged quick connections development)
• Initiate the design of the scale one training facility in support of future port cells operations

Definition of the tasks to be executed in the Tokamak building and in the hot cell facilities for the reconfiguration of the TBS

• Identify the requirements associated with the set of equipment and means to perform the inspection maintenance and reconfiguration tasks in the hot cell
• Define and design required workstations, tools to inspection maintenance and reconfiguration tasks in the hot cell
• Identify load cases and contribute to the load specification document during installation/replacement operations
• To develop and write interfaces between port cell common equipment and associated maintenance tooling in the hot cell
• Contribute to the updates of the associated design description documents
• Support the mechanical design with engineering verification assessments against criteria defined in regulations and codes (such as codes for cranes and lifting equipment, Eurocodes, RCC-MRx)

Specific requirements and conditions

• Master's degree or equivalent in mechanical engineering
• At least 5 years of working experience in a relevant field
• Experience in design in complex environments under hash conditions including maintenance implementation
• Experience in producing design descriptions and justification documents for a system combining several engineering disciplines (mechanical, thermal, nuclear, pressure equipment, maintenance)
• Knowledge of the ALARA approach
• Knowledge of remotely operated maintenance using teleoperation techniques for nuclear environments
• Sufficient knowledge of regulations and design criteria for nuclear and non-nuclear components (such as RCC-MRx, codes for cranes and lifting equipment, Eurocodes)

Financial aspects

Paid by the HI, but under certain conditions as defined in the ITER Project Associates Scheme, IO could provide support. In addition, the IPA may be provided with a monthly Living Adjustment Allowance according to the place of origin, in line with IPA regulations.

Attachment

IO template for Home Institute Proposal

Title

Associate for Technical Support on the Neutral Beam Test Facility (NBTF)

Overview

Ref No: IPA/2024/030/CP
Department: ITER Construction Project (CP)
Program: Heating & Current Drive Program (HCD)
Project: Neutral Beam Project (NB)
Duration: 1 year
Number of IPA(s): 1
Purpose: To provide technical support on the activities performed by the Neutral Beam Test Facility Team (NBTF), related to Electronic Engineering for the NBTF.

Ref. code

IPA/2024/030/CP

Application deadline

19-11-2024

Description

Purpose/Scope

The Neutral Beam Test Facility (NBTF) consists of two experiments: SPIDER, the ITER full-size negative ion source, and MITICA, the full-scale prototype of the ITER Heating Neutral Beam (HNB) injector. SPIDER has been in operation since 2018, while MITICA is in the construction phase and will enter in operation in 2025.

The NBTF is located in Padova (Italy), it is part of the ITER project, and it is managed by an NBTF Team defined by an IO-Consorzio RFX Agreement. The plan of the activities is strongly coordinated with the ITER project plan. The outputs and the know-how generated by the facility will be transferred to the ITER Neutral Beam Systems (HNB and Diagnostic Neutral Beam (DNB)).

As a member of the Neutral Beam Test Facility team, under the authority of the NBTF Project Manager, the candidate will participate in the installation, commissioning, troubleshooting, maintenance, modifications, and operation of the conditioning front-end and acquisition boards for signals from diagnostics and the machine auxiliary plants.

The successful candidate will work in an interdisciplinary field encompassing fusion-related material science & technology, engineering of RF beam particle sources, and high voltage beam diagnostics (electrical and thermal) for global characterization of the performances of the accelerated beam and the quantitative assessment energy distribution.

The challenging features of the operating environment are:

• High voltage 1MV
• High RF power 800KW
• Steady and variable Electro or Magnetic fields
• High vacuum regime
• Neutrons

The assignment will be based in Padova, Italy.

The working language will be English.

Overall indicative duration of the assignment

1 year (with possibility of extension for additional 3 years)

List of activities to be performed

• To perform the transient and steady-state analysis of the electronic circuits of the diagnostics or system plants to verify the design solutions and the performances
• To study the interaction mechanisms of electromagnetic waves and front-end boards for signal, and development of high-performance systems for data conditioning and acquisition
• To investigate and mitigate the effects of Electromagnetic interference (EMI) affecting both the diagnostics and the auxiliary machine plants
• To use highspeed digital devices for faster processing of data from diagnostics
• To develop tools to numerically handle state-of-the-art electronic applications for measurements in harsh environments such as the Neutral Beam Injection (NBI)
• To perform other duties in support of the project schedule as described in the management plan produced by the NBTF team
• To perform other duties linked to the above purpose upon management request, as necessary
• To participate in the NBTF test and experimental campaigns, including shifts
• To maintain a strong commitment to the implementation and perpetuation of health and safety, values, and ethics

Specific requirements and conditions

• At least a Master's Degree in the electronic or electrical engineering field or other relevant discipline
• Experience in the design, installation, and tests of conditioning boards for signals from diagnostics or system plants in complex EMI environments
• Knowledge of bench-testing electronic boards
• Knowledge of the electronic circuit transient analysis and surge protection
• Experience in circuits to be operated in RF and high voltage environment

Financial aspects

Paid by the HI, but under certain conditions as defined in the ITER Project Associates Scheme, IO could provide support

Attachment

IO template for Home Institute Proposal