Internship - Small Modular Reactor Technology Development

Internship - Small Modular Reactor Technology Development - (TAL-NENP20250423-001)

Organization: NENP-Nuclear Power Technology Development Section

Primary Location: Austria-Vienna-Vienna-IAEA Headquarters

Job Posting: 2025-04-23, 9:01:05 AM

Closing Date: 2025-04-30, 4:59:00 PM

Duration in Months: 4

Contract Type: Interns

Full Competitive Recruitment: No

**Internships**
- The IAEA accepts a limited number of interns each year. The internships are awarded to persons studying towards a university degree or who have recently received a degree (see Internship web pages for further details).

The purpose of the programme is:
To provide interns with the opportunity to gain practical work experience in line with their studies or interests, and expose them to the work of the IAEA and the United Nations as a whole.

To benefit the IAEA's programmes through the assistance of qualified students specialized in various professional fields.

The duration of an internship is normally not less than three months and not more than one year.

**Organizational Setting**
- The objective of the Department of Nuclear Energy (NE) is to foster the efficient and safe use of nuclear power by supporting interested Member States in: improving the performance of nuclear power plants, the nuclear fuel cycle, and the management of nuclear wastes; catalysing innovation in nuclear power and fuel cycle technologies; developing indigenous capabilities around the world for national energy planning; deploying new nuclear power plants; preserving and disseminating nuclear information and knowledge; and advancing science and industry through improved operation of research reactors.

The department has a dynamic, participative and interactive operating environment with inputs received from the Board of Governors, the General Conference, policy and decision-makers, and technical counterparts in Member States and the international development community.

The Division of Nuclear Power comprises the Nuclear Power Engineering Section (NPES), the Nuclear Infrastructure Development Section (NIDS), the International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles) Section (INPRO) and the Nuclear Power Technology Development Section (NPTDS). The Division provides core engineering, technological, capacity building and management support to interested Member States in the field of nuclear power.

The Nuclear Power Technology Development Section assists Member States in developing safe, environmentally benign, economically viable, proliferation resistant and sustainable innovative solutions for all civil reactor technologies, including water-cooled reactors, gas-cooled reactors, fast neutron systems (both critical and sub-critical) as well as small and medium-sized reactors. The section fosters international collaboration on technology development for reactor plants and for non-electric uses of nuclear power by facilitating coordinated research projects, technical meetings, and training courses. The section also maintains the Advanced Reactor Informatio
n System (ARIS) and Thermophysical Properties of Nuclear Materials (THERPRO) databases.

**Main Purpose**
- The main purpose of the internship is to support the Nuclear Power Technology Development Section in the identification of issues in the engineering design of auxiliary and support systems in Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and conduct assessment of the responses from Member States to the IAEA survey on approaches for design and system readiness evaluation of SMRs.

**Functions / Key Results Expected**
- Collation of design description on Auxiliary and Support Systems (mechanical, chemical and electrical) in SMRs; with focus on integral PWR and HTGR technologies.
- Assessment of responses from Member States to the IAEA Survey on Approaches for Design and System Readiness Evaluations of SMRs.
- Update and/or upload new design information of SMRs for the IAEA Advanced Reactor Information System (ARIS) to ensure that the Database contains up-to-date technical data and information for the 69th General Conference.
- Technical Assistance in the conduct of Events, particularly the Meeting on Technical Working Group of SMRs and GC Side Event.

**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**- Design of Nuclear Power Plants-
- Nuclear Engineering and Technology-
- Grid and Electrical Systems of NPPs-
- Database Development**Qualifications and Experience**
- Area of studies: mechanical engineering, nuclear engineering, electrical engineering
- Ability to perform basic review and assess engineering design of mechanical, electrical and chemical systems in power plant and/or nuclear installation
- Knowledge of electrical power, offsite power system, AC and DC power systems, diesel generator system and station blackout trouble shooting / mitigation
- Ability to develop electronic databases
- Ability to develop fundamental engineering drawing for systems design
- Excellent written and spoken English essential; fluency i