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Company Name
National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
Job Type
Postdoctoral Fellow
Work Detail
High heat load equipment for fusion reactors is repeatedly exposed to high energy particles, high heat loads, and electromagnetic forces, so it requires high heat removal capabilities and durability against electromagnetic forces. For this reason, tungsten is used for the surface exposed to plasma, and it consists of a plasma-facing unit metallurgically bonded to a water-cooled heat removal structure and a structure that supports it. In this theme, from the perspective of improving the performance of high heat load equipment for fusion reactors, research and development will be carried out on surface material modification, improving the heat removal performance and durability of the cooling structure, improving the manufacturability and inspectability of the support structure, and improving the quality of dissimilar material joining and welding. High heat flux components for fusion reactors are repeatedly exposed to high energy particles, high heat loads, and electromagnetic forces, requiring high heat removal capability and durability against electromagnetic forces. Therefore, the surfaces exposed to plasma are made of tungsten, metallurgically bonded to a water-cooled heat removal structure, which consists of a plasma-facing unit and its supporting structure. In this solicited theme, from the viewpoint of improving the performance of high heat load components for fusion reactors, research and development will be conducted on surface material modification, heat removal performance and durability of the cooling structure, fabrication and inspection of the support structure, and quality improvement of joining and welding between different materials.
Ideal Profile
(1) Applicants willing to independently carry out research on a research theme set by the Institute. (2) Applicants must have received a doctorate within the last 8 years as of the date of employment. However, for foreign researchers, applicants must have received a foreign license or qualification that the Institute recognizes as equivalent to a Japanese physician, radiological technologist, or medical physicist within the last 8 years and be recognized as having the same abilities as a doctorate holder. If applicants have taken maternity leave as defined by the Labor Standards Act, or childcare leave or family care leave as defined by the Childcare and Family Care Leave Act after obtaining a doctorate, applicants must have received a degree within the last 8 years as of the time of new employment, excluding such periods. (3) Applicants who have worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute are not eligible to apply. (4) Applicants must be able to take up their post on April 1, 2024. (1)A person who is willing to take the initiative in executing research based on the research theme set by QST. (2)A person for whom eight years have not passed, at the time of hiring, since the acquisition of their doctoral degree. maternity leave before or after childbirth under the Labor Standards Act or childcare leave or caregiver leave under the Act on Childcare and Caregiver Leave, this person is eligible if eight years excluding the period of such leave have not passed, at the time of being newly hired, since the acquisition of their degree, etc. (3)Any person who has ever worked at QST as a doctoral research fellow is not eligible to apply. (4)Those who can take office on April 1, 2024.
Work Location
Naka area
Phd. Stating Salary
Based on our annual salary system, the salary is determined according to the following categories on the basis of experience, achievements, etc. A monthly amount of 370,000, 400,000, or 450,000 yen (inclusive of social insurance premiums and taxes)
Selection Flow
(1) Achievement screening (oral presentation with PowerPoint slides, etc. and a question and answer session) (2) Interview