HOME > News & Information > Recruitment > Recruitment for a Senior Post Doctoral Fellow (Fixed Term Researcher) (Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science (CLADS))
Available positions
One position
Recruitment theme
Development of thermodynamic database for analysis of core degradation.
Retrieval of fuel debris has been under planning at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Essential item is advanced understanding of situations at a bottom of reactor vessel or a bottom of pedestal, in which fuel debris has accumulated after the accident. Precious thermodynamic data are necessary to analyze accident progression more preciously. In this research program, the researcher is expected to develop thermodynamic database of multi component systems available for analysis of accident progression.
Division assigned to
Simulation Test Technology Development Group
Accident Progression Evaluation Division
Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Place of employment (tentative)
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
2-4 Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
Salary, etc…
Salary commensurate with the applicant’s work experience, Social Insurance, Commutation allowance, partial housing allowance. Dormitory is also available.
Terms of employment
Contract term: One year
(The contract term can be extended up to five years upon annual evaluation of research achievements.)
Should you achieve outstanding results during your temporary employment, you could be offered a position as a tenured reseacher.
Trial employment period
6 months
Holidays
Weekend (Saturday and Sunday), National holidays, Year-end through New Year holidays, Paid holidays
Qualification requirements
(1) Ph.D.degree. In principle, having work experience for more than one year as a full-time teacher, a full-time researcher, or a post-doctoral fellow.
(2) It is requested that the applicant has abundant knowledge and experimental experience on materials science studiesof fuel cladding or fuel assembly components. Preferably having experience and knowledge of research on severe accident progression for nuclear power plants.
Required Documents
(1) Curriculum Vitae (using JAEA form) (PDF, WORD)
(2) Document of the accomplishment on your major field (using JAEA form) (PDF, WORD)
(3) Research career history, a list of publications in which your name is underlined, and Copies of major papers (in size A4, free format)
(4) Certificate of Ph.D Degree (copy)
(5) Recommendation letter(s) from one or two people (free format)*
*: Any of the recommender should not be a JAEA employee but should be a person who knows well the content of your research.
*: It is preferable to have a recommender who is your current superviser.
*: The letter(s) should be provided by any of the following means:
1. Provide it by your self with strictly sealed emvelop,
2. Send the letter by mail from the recommender directly to the JAEA official (see Article 20.), or
3. Send a pdf file, containing the text and hand-written signature, by e-mail from the recommender directly to the JAEA official (see Article).
(6) Consent for the Treatment of Personal Data (PDF, WORD)
* This item (6) applys only for residents in any one of EEA member countries, namely a member country of the EU, and Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway.
Deadline for submission of application
Friday, December, 13, 2019
Address of submission of application
Personnel Section,
Personnel Department,
Japan Atomic Energy Agency,
2-4 Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
(Mark “Application documents for recruitment of a Senior Post Doctoral Fellow” in red on the envelope)
[ Address for submission of recommendation letter ]
Personnel Section,
Personnel Department,
Japan Atomic Energy Agency,
2-4 Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
(Write applicant name on the envelope.)
or
E-mail: jinji-saiyogenkaken11[at]jaea.go.jp (Replace [at] with @ )
(Write applicant name in subject.)
*Only letter of recommendation will be accepted by Email.
Application screening
Applicants will be screened based on their submitted documents.
The screening result will be notified to the applicants by e-mail or by writing.
Note that application documents will not be returned.
Recruitment examination
(1) Examination of research achievement ((presentation using PowerPoint file or etc. and Q&A)
(2) Interview
Date of recruitment examination (planned)
January, 2020
Place for Recruitment Examination (planned)
Nuclear Science Research Institute,
Japan Atomic Energy Agency,
2-4 Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
or
Tokyo Office
19F Fukoku Seimei Building, 2-2-2 Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Result of Recruitment Examination
The result of recruitment examination will be notified to the applicants in writing.
Starting date of employment (tentatively)
February, 1, 2020
Travel Expenses
We will refund your travel expenses for the recruitment examination according to the JAEA’s administrative rules. Detailed information will be provided to the applicants.
Contact persons
Personnel Section,
Personnel Department,
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
TEL:+81-29-282-6030 FAX:+82-29-282-5819
E-Mail: jinji-saiyogenkaken11[at] jaea.go.jp (Replace [at] with @ )
(Reference related to the recruitment field)
Dr. Yuji Nagae, Group Leader,
Simulation Test Technology Development Group
Accident Progression Evaluation Division
Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science,
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
TEL: +81-240-21-3522
E-Mail: nagae.yuji[at] jaea.go.jp (Replace [at] with @ )
Points to note
(1) The successful applicant is supposed to submit medical in English certificate taken within 6 months (including height, weight, eyesight, urinalysis, chest X-ray)..
(2) The successful applicant without Japanese Nationality is required to obtain a necessary visa status to work in Japan by the date of adoption.
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 unsuccessful applicants will be discard a year after the submission.
