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Research theme
Research on waste solidification by geopolymer and evaluation for irradiation effects
(Summary)
For safe storage of highly radioactive materials generated in decommissioning of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station such as nuclear fuel debris and secondary wastes coming from the contaminated water treatment system, we recruit a postdoctoral fellow who can demonstrate his/her ability for development of solidification technology of porous materials including zeolites by using geopolymer composites, evaluation for absorbed doses of geopolymer samples under irradiation by gamma rays or electron beams, analyses of combustible gases including hydrogen produced by water radiolysis, and characterization of irradiated samples.
Available positions
A few persons
Division assigned to
Storage Equipment Soundness Evaluation Group,
Waste Management Division,
Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science,
Sector of Fukushima Research and Development,
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Place of employment (scheduled)
Tokai Research and Development Center,
Japan Atomic Energy Agency,
2-4 Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
Starting date of employment
December 1, 2016 (in principle)
Contract
Period of employment is from December 1 2016 to November 30 2017 (in principle).
Employment contract can be extended up to a total duration of three years, depending upon the annual review of your research progress.
* If you are a fixed-term employee of JAEA at present, the extension of employment contract will be limited to five years in total from the original recruitment.
Should you achieve outstanding results during your fixed-term employment, you could be offered a position as permanent staff.
Terms of employment
(1) Salary
450,000 yen/month (as of April 1, 2016) including social insurance and tax
(2) Allowance
Commutation allowance, Housing allowance, etc.
(3) Holidays
Weekend (Saturday and Sunday), National holidays, Year-end and new-year holidays, Paid holidays
Qualification requirements
(1) Having a PhD degree related to recruitment field (at the time of assignment)
(2) Having a PhD obtained after December 1, 2008
(3) Those who had been enrolled in JAEA are not qualified to apply for the positions.
(4) The research experience on the solidification technology of nuclear wastes including liquid such as turbine oil by geopolymer composites, chemical structure analyses and pore structure analyses by gas-adsorption will be especially required.
Necessary documents and application procedures
(1) Application form (Form 1-1, Form 1-2, Form2-1, Form2-2, Form3, Form4)
Download from here: [PDF], [WORD]
(2) Certificate of graduation, certificate of completion of courses (for bachelor, master and PhD respectively)
(3) Transcripts (for bachelor, master and PhD respectively)
(4) Certificate of PhD (who has a PhD)
or Certification for expected completion of PhD course (who is in PhD course)
*If it is difficult to submit the original, send copies and inform us of the reason.
*Incomplete applications may not be accepted.
*Write the application form on a word processor.
Address for submission of application
Personnel Section
Personnel Department
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
765-1 Funaishikawa, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1184, Japan
(Mark in red “Application documents for Postdoctoral Fellow” on the envelope.)
Deadline for submission of application
Properly completed forms and all the necessary documents mentioned above must be received no later than September 27, 2016.
Document examination
Applicants will be screened by the document examination. The result of the document examination will be notified to the applicants in writing.
Note that application documents will not be returned.
Recruitment examination
(1) Examination of research achievements (oral presentation using PowerPoint file and Q&A)
(2) Oral examination / interview
Result of recruitment examination
The result of recruitment examination will be notified to the applicants in writing from the beginning October to the middle of October.
Travel expenses
We will refund your travel expenses for the recruitment examination according to the JAEA’s administrative rules.
We can only bear the actual travel cost in Japan.
Detailed information will be provided to the candidates.
Points to note
(1) Applicants who pass the document examination are supposed to submit medical certificate taken within 6 months (including height, weight, eyesight, urinalysis, chest X-ray).
(2) Candidates without Japanese Nationality are required to obtain a necessary visa status to work in Japan by the date of adoption.
Contact persons
Mr. Jin Kawahara
Personnel Section
Personnel Department
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
765-1 Funaishikawa, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1184, Japan
Tel: +81-29-282-1122
Fax: +81-29-283-4701
E-mail: jinji-saiyo@jaea.go.jp
(Reference related to the research theme)
Mr. Isao Yamagishi,
Waste Management Division,
Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science,
Sector of Fukushima Research and Development,
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
TEL: +81-29-282-5950
FAX: +81-29-282-5936
E-Mail: yamagishi.isao@jaea.go.jp
Dealing with personal information
We will use personal information only for the screening process. It will also be used for employment management for those employed. The information of the rejected applicants will be disposed a year after the submission.
