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Radiation Protection Officer
Deadline: 30 January 2025Ref: EA/24/60
Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste is an international multidisciplinary research center operated as a user facility, featuring a 2.0/2.4 GeV, third-generation synchrotron light source (Elettra), a new free-electron laser light source (FERMI) and a variety of support laboratories. The extremely high quality of the machines and beamlines has set new performance records and has been producing results of great scientific and technological interest. In order to allow the laboratory to remain competitive in the next 20 years, an entirely new source - Elettra 2.0 - belonging to the new generation of storage rings (DLSR or Diffraction Limited Storage Ring) is being developed. The new source will exhibit a major increase in the brilliance and coherence fraction of the photon beams. The Elettra 2.0 optics is based on our enhanced symmetric six bend achromat structure (S6BA-E) with a 12-fold symmetry and an emittance of 200 pm-rad at 2.4 GeV. The new structure creates also straight sections in the arcs permitting the installation of additional insertion devices, thus increasing the number of beamlines. Existing beamlines will have to be upgraded and new beamlines developed to take full advantage of the characteristics of Elettra 2.0. The new machine is scheduled for commissioning in the second half of 2026. See http://www.elettra.eu for more information.
The radiation protection service of an accelerator facility performs several duties ranging from personnel risk evaluation and environmental radiation monitoring to shielding calculations, and oversees the design and implementation of personnel safety systems.
As member of the Radiation Protection team, the successful candidate will be involved in the management of the different radiation protection issues, including those related to the design and construction of the new Elettra 2.0 source and to the decommissioning of the existing Elettra storage ring.
Using Monte Carlo simulations, he/she will contribute to the calculation of the activation radionuclides in the existing machine components (bending magnets, quadrupole and other machine components) and will perform Monte Carlo simulations to upgrade the shielding of the beamline hutches in the experimental hall for the new Elettra 2.0 machine.
Furthermore, the successful candidate will be involved in radiological measurements and analysis of radiation protection safety aspects of the machine and beamlines.
A Bachelor's degree in Physics, Nuclear Engineering, Chemistry or in Prevention techniques in the environment is required. Degree or PhD in Physics, Engineering or Chemistry would be considered a plus.
Knowledge of the following topics is expected:
- Basic radiation protection aspects
The following skills will be considered as additional assets:
- Data analysis;
- Experience in dosimetry;
- Knowledge of AUTOCAD applications;
- Knowledge of Monte Carlo simulation codes (e.g. FLUKA, MCNP, GEANT4) applicable to radiation protection aspects;
- Knowledge of shielding calculations;
- Legislative decree n. 101/2020 and Italian radioactive waste legislation.
Very good oral and written communication skills in Italian and English are essential.
Good time management skills and ability to prioritize are expected, together with the ability to interact with staff members and to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
