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Postdoctoral Research Associate


Sheffield Hallam University
Location 

Sheffield

Employment Hours 

Full Time

Employment Type 

Contract

Salary 

£30,487 - £37,099 per annum

Job Highlights
  • This work will focus on gathering maximum information on the inventory, nature, hazard, activity and form/s of the wastes, including waste chemical, physical and radiological form/s for each waste type.
  • We offer a diverse range of benefits and opportunities to pursue a rewarding and fulfilling career in a supportive environment.
  • You will be contractually enrolled into the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) – one of the largest and most generous defined benefit pension schemes in the country.
Job Requirements/Description

Grade 6 - £30,487 - £37,099 per annum, dependent on experience

Thermal treatment has been identified as a potential option for immobilisation of Low Active Effluent Management Group (LAEMG) wastes at the Sellafield site in Cumbria, UK. Most urgent of these LAEMG wastes to be retrieved and treated are (i) MATF (Medium Active Tank Farm) wastes and (ii) Salt evaporator wastes. Treatment of these wastes has been identified by Sellafield Ltd. as a pressing need.

The aim of this 2-year project will be to provide research in support of technology selection and future thermal treatment of these and other Sellafield wastes

Thermal treatment principally includes vitrification to produce glassy wasteforms; ceramification to form ceramics; or a combination to form glass-ceramic or glass-composite wasteforms. However, it can also include formation of metallic wasteforms in some circumstances.

As postdoctoral Research Associate, you will work closely with colleagues at Sheffield Hallam University and Sellafield Ltd, together with our partners in the Sellafield Thermal Treatment Centre of Excellence at the Universities of Sheffield and Bristol, along with the National Nuclear Laboratory, the wider UK nuclear community and multiple international partners, to:

Understand and Define Waste Envelopes

This work will focus on gathering maximum information on the inventory, nature, hazard, activity and form/s of the wastes, including waste chemical, physical and radiological form/s for each waste type. It will also augment this information with information on other relevant wastes globally.
 
Define Compositional Envelopes for Waste Thermal Treatment

This stage will examine, formulate and design potentially suitable thermal treatment wasteform chemistries for the wastes. It will be aimed at vitrification (glasses, glass-ceramics, glass-composites) but will also consider ceramics and other wasteform chemistries, as required.
 
Mapping of Process Technologies for Waste Thermal Treatment

This phase will deliver a detailed understanding of potentially available thermal treatment technologies and map these onto compositional envelopes developed

Project Management, Partner Engagement and Dissemination Activities

This work will incorporate all aspects of project management, engagement both internally and externally to the project team (including supply chain and stakeholders), and dissemination activities associated with the project.

You will have outstanding communication and teamworking skills, experience of glasses, ceramics and radioactive waste immobilisation and characterisation, and will be able to demonstrable practical ability to solve real-world industrial problems and challenges.

The position will involve UK and international travel.

We offer a diverse range of benefits and opportunities to pursue a rewarding and fulfilling career in a supportive environment.

You will be contractually enrolled into the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) – one of the largest and most generous defined benefit pension schemes in the country.

If you are, or have been, a recent member of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) directly prior to joining us, you can choose to opt out of the TPS and remain in the USS.   Please contact the Pensions team to discuss options available.

The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international applicants in this role; this will depend on a number of factors specific to the individual applicant.

Whilst the role is unlikely to be suitable for a job share, we welcome discussions around flexible working arrangements.
 

Sheffield Hallam University
Location 

Sheffield

Employment Hours 

Full Time

Employment Type 

Contract

Salary 

£30,487 - £37,099 per annum

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