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Plasma heating and current drive physicist

Abingdon
Posted: 13h ago
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Job Description The salary for this role is £48,290 (inclusive of a Specialist Allowance). O nsite working is expected for 5 days a week, however, we actively support requests for flexible working. This role can be based at any of the following sites: Culham, Oxfordshire. This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions and possibly a search of open source data. The Role MAST Upgrade is currently the largest operating spherical tokamak in the world, providing a facility on which to perform experiments to provide the answer to key questions for fusion power to be delivered to the grid. We are looking for a Plasma Heating and Current Drive Physicist who will be part of the Tokamak Systems Unit which carries out the operation, upgrading and maintenance of plasma heating and current drive systems in support to the MAST Upgrade facility. The jobholder is expected to take part and contribute to several aspects of delivering heating and current drive (Neutral Beam and Microwave Heating and Current Drive) to tokamak plasmas through the current and future heating systems at UKAEA (operations, software, plant subsystems, data analysis and modelling). The jobholder will carry out project work as a Plasma Heating and Current Drive Physicist on MAST Upgrade or other machines and may conduct research work. It is essential that the jobholder adopts outstanding safe working practices. Key Responsibilities: Development, improvement and maintenance of software packages used for operations and physics and performance analysis. Maintenance of neutral beam modelling codes. Responsible for heating plant subsystems and/or diagnostics. Analysing data and interpreting measurements from plant components, especially on upgraded systems. Acting as Shift Leader to contribute to the successful delivery of MAST Upgrade operations. Taking responsibility for some aspects of MAST Upgrade heating systems operations and commissioning. Carrying out project work and feasibility studies as a Heating and Current Drive Physicist for MAST Upgrade, STEP or other machines. Developing innovative research interest and proposing new projects in the field of plasma heating and current drive.

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