2025 Winter Student - Materials Science

at  Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories is bringing together the finest minds to form a diverse, vibrant and dynamic workforce culture energized by the innovative capacity of students, new graduates and mid-career professionals, underpinned by senior world-renowned experts. We hire numerous students from colleges and universities each semester to support our research and perform other assignments.
If you are looking for interesting and challenging work this Winter, then keep reading, and if you meet the requirements of this role, apply today!
Fuel Fabrication Science and Technology (FFS&T) section under Advanced Fuels and Reactor Physics (AFRP) branch plays an integral part in the development of future opportunities for reactor design in the nuclear industry. It is here that new fuel concepts are tested. The FFS&T utilizes the infrastructure at CNL’s Chalk River Laboratories (CRL) for testing, and the development and fabrication of fuel and fuel components. The FDL has the unique resources to work alongside other on-site services at CNL, such as fabrication facilities, engineering services and analytical sciences. It carries out fuel research and development and provides the science and technology necessary to develop new fuels. The Fuel Fabrication Science and Technology (FFS&T) section has been performing nuclear fuel development research supporting the CANDU reactors and more recently advanced fuel concepts for the Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). The FFS&T section performs a wide range of work encompassing conventional Powder Metallurgy (PM) technologies ranging from conventional sintering to Spark Plasma Sintering and Additive Manufacturing.
This is a very exciting opportunity for a young scientist and we look forward to working with the student hired as they grow their skills in our lab.
Department: Advanced Fuels and Reactor Physics
Number of Positions: 1
Duration: 8 months (January-August)
Field of Study: Chemistry, Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering.
Year of study: All years
If you are interested, we invite you to submit a resume, cover letter, and copy of an up-to-date transcript by the posting close date of October 9th at 11:59 pm EST, to ensure consideration for student employment. All students applying for student positions at CNL must be returning to full-time studies upon completion of their work term. Exceptions will be made for students who require a work term in order to graduate.

• Preparing nuclear fuel and surrogate material samples using advanced manufacturing techniques such as additive manufacturing and Spark Plasma Sintering.
• Performing testing on as-fabricated nuclear fuel samples.
• Performing oxidation experiments on graphite using Thermogravimetric analyser.
• Supporting the fabrication trials of TRISO based nuclear fuel materials.
• Designing and fabricating tooling for advanced fuel fabrication trials.
• Performing characterisation on as fabricated and precursor nuclear fuel samples.
• Providing support for documenting research.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager