Internship Opportunity: U.S. Nuclear Back-End Strategy Analysis

Orano USA is offering a unique internship opportunity to contribute to strategic analysis in support of evolving U.S. nuclear policy. The Department of Energy is expected to release a comprehensive back-end strategy, and this internship will position you at the forefront of evaluating the technical, regulatory, and economic pathways for implementing such a strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

Using public documents and Orano’s internal expertise, the intern will:

Spent Fuel Recycling Strategy

Assess availability and distribution of spent fuel resources in the U.S.

Evaluate the technological readiness of domestic industry players

Identify areas where licensing French technologies could support U.S. implementation

Review applicable laws and regulations that may require modification

Analyze market barriers to recycled fuel adoption and propose solutions

Examine final waste management strategies for recycled fuel byproducts

Plutonium Inventory Valuation Strategy

Assess the scale and characteristics of excess plutonium inventory

Identify legal and regulatory changes needed to enable reuse

Explore potential materials and technologies for blending plutonium into usable fuel

Evaluate readiness of existing and emerging reactor technologies for plutonium-based fuel

Analyze market barriers and propose strategies to stimulate demand

Review final waste strategies for used plutonium-based fuel

n/a, Orano USA is offering a unique internship opportunity to contribute to strategic analysis in support of evolving U.S. nuclear policy. The Department of Energy is expected to release a comprehensive back-end strategy, and this internship will position you at the forefront of evaluating the technical, regulatory, and economic pathways for implementing such a strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

Using public documents and Orano’s internal expertise, the intern will:

Spent Fuel Recycling Strategy

Assess availability and distribution of spent fuel resources in the U.S.

Evaluate the technological readiness of domestic industry players

Identify areas where licensing French technologies could support U.S. implementation

Review applicable laws and regulations that may require modification

Analyze market barriers to recycled fuel adoption and propose solutions

Examine final waste management strategies for recycled fuel byproducts

Plutonium Inventory Valuation Strategy

Assess the scale and characteristics of excess plutonium inventory

Identify legal and regulatory changes needed to enable reuse

Explore potential materials and technologies for blending plutonium into usable fuel

Evaluate readiness of existing and emerging reactor technologies for plutonium-based fuel

Analyze market barriers and propose strategies to stimulate demand

Review final waste strategies for used plutonium-based fuel, n/a