Material Scientist: Molten Salts and Fluorination

Overview

At PNNL,our core capabilities are dividedamongmajor departments that werefer to as Directorateswithin the Lab,focused on a specific area of scientific research orother function, with its own leadership teamand dedicated budget.

Our Science & Technologydirectoratesinclude National Security,Earthand Biological Sciences, Physical and Computational Sciences, and Energy and Environment.

In addition, we have an Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory,a Department of Energy, Office of Science user facility housed on the PNNL campus.

The Energy and Environment Directorate delivers science and technology solutions for the nation’s biggest energy and environmental challenges. Our more than 1,700 staff support the Department of Energy (DOE), delivering on key DOE mission areas including: modernizing our nation’s power grid to maintain a reliable, affordable, secure, and resilient electricity delivery infrastructure; research, development, validation, and effective utilization of renewable energy and efficiency technologies that improve the affordability, reliability, resiliency, and security of the American energy system;

and resolving complex issues in nuclear science, energy, and environmental management.

The Nuclear Sciences Division, part of the Energy and Environment Directorate, delivers science and technology innovations for the environment, energy, and national security. At a time when complex challenges are emerging on many fronts, we address some of the most challenging national and international nuclear issues. This includes providing technological solutions that protect the public health and safety around nuclear facilities, developing durable new materials for extreme nuclear environments, innovating new nuclear processes for the safety and security of the nation, and delivering new approaches for accelerating environmental cleanup of nuclear sites.

The division’s capabilities and efforts are focused on environmental management of nuclear sites, nuclear regulatory processes, national nuclear security, and advancing nuclear energy.

The Nuclear Chemistry & Engineering (NCE) Group supports Hanford Site cleanup, river corridor protection, nuclear materials stewardship, non-proliferation missions, the nuclear fuel life cycle, national security missions, and energy production, and is engaged in expanding the beneficial use of nuclear materials and radionuclides. Through high-quality fundamental and applied science and strong academic collaborations, we are fostering a renewed focus on radiochemistry and irradiated materials research for providing solutions in nuclear nonproliferation, environmental cleanup and protection, advanced nuclear energy, and for use in medicine and industry.

The NCE group is seeking a mid-career material scientist to join a team of multidisciplinary scientists and engineers working to advance nuclear science. The selected candidate would leadtasks and projects associated with our molten salt and fluourination capability. The ideal candidate will have hands on experience in molten salt and flouride processing with actinide and/or actinide surrogate materials.

Responsibilities for this position include:

• Conducting research and development for fluorination and molten salt systems.
• Safely and proficiently operating complex and hazardous systems involving radioactive and toxic materials.
• Expertly applying various analytical techniques.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS/BA and 5+ years of relevant experience
  -OR-
• MS/MA and 3+ years of relevant experience
  -OR-
• PhD with 1+ year of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in chemistry, nuclear chemistry, nuclear engineering or related field.
• Experience with glove boxes.
• Experience…