Hybrid Nuclear Actinide Chemistry Research Associate

Diversity Dashboard; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous employer contribution pension

29 days annual leave + bank holidays

Ride to work and EV car scheme

Job summary

The University of Manchester invites applications for a Research Associate in the Actinides Centre of Excellence (ACE), a collaboration with AWE. The role develops actinide process chemistry and chemical engineering across multiple projects, contributing to sustainable recovery processes and training future nuclear talent.

You will design and perform experimental work on actinide dissolution, solvent extraction, ion exchange, precipitation and electrodeposition, collaborating with teams in

Qualifications

• Experimental research in actinide process chemistry and chemical engineering to develop recovery processes.
• Openness to working across multiple projects and collaborating with ACE teams.

Responsibilities

• Undertake experimental research to develop and optimize actinide recovery processes.
• Perform scale-up experiments to support design of advanced actinide recovery processes.
• Study actinide speciation across solution conditions and media.
• Collaborate with analysis, spectroscopy and solid-state science groups within ACE.

Skills

Actinide process chemistry

Chemical engineering

Scale-up experiments

Speciation analysis

Job description

The University of Manchester invites applications for a Research Associate in the Actinides Centre of Excellence (ACE), a collaboration with AWE. The role develops actinide process chemistry and chemical engineering across multiple projects, contributing to sustainable recovery processes and training future nuclear talent.

You will design and perform experimental work on actinide dissolution, solvent extraction, ion exchange, precipitation and electrodeposition, collaborating with teams in