HOME > News & Information > Recruitment > Recruitment for a Senior Post Doctoral Fellow (Fixed Term Researcher) (Plutonium Fuel Development Center, Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratory, Sector of Nuclear Fuel, Decommisioning and Waste Management Technology Department)
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One position
Recruitment theme: Research on the development of innovative technology for fast reactor fuels
For the purpose of development of innovative technologies on fast reactor fuels, research on the measurements at high temperature, modelling and perfmance evaluation are carried out in Plutonium Fuel Development Center. Unirradiated MOX (mixed oxide) fuels have been researched so far; evaluating the effects of irradiation with mechanistic models is the future task.
In this theme, the applicant is expected to research on the fuel properties at high temperature including the effects of fission products/restructuring to evaluate the fuel behaviors at transient and nominal condisions as the next step of fuel research which has been focused on the unirradiated fuels. In particular, mechanistic analyses on the fuel properties together with those of published irradiated fuels and the development of models for the fuel properties and irradiation behaviors are expected.
Division assigned to
Fuel Technology Research and Development Section,
Fuel Technology Department,
Plutonium Fuel Development Center,
Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratory,
Sector of Nuclear Fuel, Decommisioning and Waste Management Technology Department
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Place of employment
Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratory,
Japan Atomic Energy Agency,
4-33, Muramatsu, Tokai-Mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki-ken, 319-1194, 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) Knowledge and work experience on behaviors of oxide fuels and fission products at high temperature.
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 supervisor.
*: The letter(s) should be provided by any of the following means:
① Provide it by yourself with strictly sealed envelop,
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.
(6) Consent for the Treatment of Personal Data (PDF, WORD)
* This item (6) applys only to 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
November 4, 2021
Address of submission of application
【By Postal mail】
Labor and Welfare Section,
Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratory,
Japan Atomic Energy Agency,
4-33 Muramatsu, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1194, Japan
(Mark “Application documents for recruitment of a Senior Post Doctoral Fellow” in red on the envelope.)
【By E-mail】
Write in subject [Application for Senior Post Doctoral Fellow in 2021 (Integrated Support Center for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security) (applicant name)].
Attach all necessary documents in PDF format. We cannot accept when requirement is incomplete.
E-mail: ncl-saiyo[at]jaea.go.jp (Replace [at] with @ )
[ Address for submission of recommendation letter ]
Labor and Welfare Section,
Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratory,
Japan Atomic Energy Agency,
4-33 Muramatsu, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1194, Japan
(Write applicant’s name on the envelope.)
or
E-mail: ncl-saiyo[at]jaea.go.jp (Replace [at] with @ )
(Write applicant’s 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)
November 2021 or later
Place for Recruitment Examination (planned)
Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratory,
Japan Atomic Energy Agency,
4-33 Muramatsu, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1194, Japan
or
Web conference system (Zoom)
Result of Recruitment Examination
The result of recruitment examination will be notified to the applicants in writing.
Starting date of employment (tentatively)
January 1, 2022
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 who passed the application screening.
Contact us
Takahiro Taguchi
Labor and Welfare Section,
Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratory,
Japan Atomic Energy Agency,
4-33 Muramatsu, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1194, Japan
TEL:+81-29-282-9040 FAX:+81-29-282-1530
E-Mail: ncl-saiyo[at]jaea.go.jp (Replace [at] with @ )
(Reference related to the recruitment field)
Kazuyuki Okumura,
General Manager,
Fuel Technology Research and Development Section,
Fuel Technology Department,
Plutonium Fuel Development Center,
Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratory,
Sector of Nuclear Fuel, Decommisioning and Waste Management Technology Department
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
TEL：+81-29-282-1133 FAX：+81-29-282-9473
E-Mail: ncl-saiyo[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 discarded a year after the submission.
