Nuclear Waste Strategy Engineer

THORIZON; Lyon; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee profit-sharing plan

Job summary

Thorizon is seeking a Waste Engineer in Lyon to lead the development of a credible, licensable waste management strategy for next-generation nuclear technology. You will ensure waste requirements and disposal routes are integrated from design onward, addressing novel waste streams and coordinating across safety, chemistry, reactor architecture and operations.

You will combine hands-on technical assessment with developing solutions where established routes do not yet exist, shaping licensing and

Qualifications

• Requires MSc or PhD in nuclear engineering, radiochemistry, chemical engineering, physics or related discipline.
• Minimum five years of relevant experience in radioactive waste, nuclear fuel cycle, radiochemistry, decommissioning or nuclear licensing preferred.
• Experience with waste acceptance organisations, regulators or nuclear facility design is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Develop waste management strategies and plans for Pioneer and Thorizon projects.
• Define waste streams, inventories, classification proposals and characterisation needs.
• Translate waste acceptance criteria and waste-minimisation objectives into design and operational requirements.
• Develop treatment, conditioning, storage, transport and disposal approaches.
• Address waste streams with chloride-bearing and alpha-contaminated waste.
• Contribute waste expertise to nuclear safety and licensing documentation.
• Define and support research programmes for waste-management questions where solutions are still being developed.
• Build technical interfaces with regulators, treatment providers, transport organisations and other external bodies.
• Work across Safety & Licensing, Chemistry, Reactor Architecture, Fuel Cycle and other disciplines.

Skills

Waste management

Waste acceptance criteria

Radiochemistry

Nuclear safety & licensing

Storage & transport of waste

Systems engineering

Decommissioning

Education

MSc or PhD in nuclear engineering, radiochemistry, chemical engineering, physics

Job description

Thorizon is seeking a Waste Engineer in Lyon to lead the development of a credible, licensable waste management strategy for next-generation nuclear technology. You will ensure waste requirements and disposal routes are integrated from design onward, addressing novel waste streams and coordinating across safety, chemistry, reactor architecture and operations.

You will combine hands-on technical assessment with developing solutions where established routes do not yet exist, shaping licensing and