Idaho National Laboratory is hiring Nuclear Facility Research Technicians. This posting is for multiple facilities at our Materials and Fuels Complex. Our team works a 4x10 schedule with every Friday off. INL is recognized as the lead national laboratory for DOE-NE, providing much of the nuclear research, development, and demonstration capability needed to move nuclear innovation forward to deployment. MFC hosts a unique combination of personnel, facilities and infrastructure and offers the ability to perform research and development of nuclear fuels from fuel development and fabrication through post irradiation analysis Responsibilities Include: You will operate facility and process systems in Lab, Hot Cell Services, or nuclear facilities. Perform activities including receiving, storing, packaging, tracking, processing nuclear material in hot-cells, gloveboxes, vaults, radioactive material confinement tents and hoods. - Operate and perform maintenance on facility equipment and systems. - Support researchers with loading/unloading/maintaining advanced research systems, remote handling equipment, shielded casks, facility utilities, operational support systems, gloveboxes, shielded hot cells and testing equipment. - Perform operations observing approved procedures and DOE requirements. - Complete and maintain qualifications in designated specialized areas of facility and process operations. - Track, package, transfer, receive, and store fissionable materials, construct power units for space and security systems, and handle and treat radioactive and hazardous material. - Maintain accurate records of facility operations, equipment performance, production, treatment, and experimental data. - Perform technical procedures that range from standard to specialized. - Complete and maintain qualifications in designated specialized areas of facility and process operations. - Be trained on the following, directly from DOE O 426.2. : Instrumentation and Controls, Mechanical Science, Electrical Science, Heat Transfer, Fluid Flow, Thermodynamics, Nuclear Science and Criticality Control, and Materials Science
