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6 months ago
The Nuclear Fuels group within the Laboratory for Nuclear Materials at Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) is looking for a PhD Student for its project “Understanding the structural evolution of irradiated nuclear fuel at atomic scale”.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Be involved in preparing radioactive specimens from targeted regions of irradiated UO2 fuel pellets, using the newly installed PSI-HotLab-FIB facility
- Carryout transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analyses, and join synchrotron radiation based measurements during beam-campaigns at the PSI-SLS
- Interpret experimental data and develop an understanding of the structural evolution of irradiated UO2 at the atomic scale
- Publish results in leading international journals and reputed conference proceedings, and write a PhD thesis on the topic
Requirements:
- Applicant must hold a Master degree in Physics, Chemistry or Material Science
- Highly interested in nuclear materials research
- Prior work experiences with Focused Ion Beam (FIB) micromachining and associated electron microscopy techniques (e.g., SEM, EBSD, TEM, SAD etc.) are a strong asset
- Interested in modern synchrotron radiation based μXRD and μXAS techniques, and in computer modelling work for the interpretation of experimental data
- English proficiency (both speaking and writing), German is advantageous
- Interest to work in a team, in a multi-disciplinary and international environment
Applications:
- Application to be submitted online including addresses of referees (index no. 4602-01).
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Organization | Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) |
Country | Switzerland |
Fellowship Level | Doctoral |
Subject areas | Physics, Chemistry, Material Science |
Fellowship amount | Varies |
Eligibility | Open to all nationalities |
Deadline | 31 August 2019 |
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