Internship - Optimizing Fuel Pellet-Cladding Interaction Non-Rupture Analysis
Framatome is an international nuclear-energy company that supplies nuclear-plant components, fuel, instrumentation and control systems, and reactor services.
About Framatome
Framatome designs, services, and installs components, fuel, and instrumentation and control systems for the global nuclear fleet. Its current corporate headquarters is in Courbevoie, France, and it is majority-owned by EDF.
Skills
Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You will study pellet-cladding interaction analyses used to justify nuclear fuel behavior. You will learn the applicable technical bases, methods, and software tools; perform all stages of an analysis; identify optimization opportunities; implement them in Python calculation procedures; assess results; and prepare selected improvements for industrialization.
Requirements
- Final-year engineering or university student specializing in physics, mechanics, or materials
- Knowledge of physics or mechanics
- Interest in computing
- Proficiency in Linux
- Ability to develop procedures in Python
- Operational English
Responsibilities
- Learn the technical bases, codes, and methods used for nuclear-fuel justification studies
- Use software tools for pellet-cladding interaction studies
- Perform all stages of a pellet-cladding interaction study
- Identify and implement calculation optimizations in Python procedures
- Synthesize optimization results and prepare their industrialization