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You should be prepared for: an individual interview with a recruitment officer, an interview with a panel of staff members capable of evaluating your technical skills and personality, and, possibly, d

You will be considered as a member of staff. You will therefore be entitled to the same working conditions as ILL employees, based on your monthly working hours. You can consult ILL's conditions of em

No An explosion such as the one that occurred in the n° 4 reactor of the Chernobyl power plant due to a runaway fission reaction cannot happen with the ILL’s reactor. The equivalent scenario for resea

Yes In the event of a core meltdown, the reactor containment is immediately isolated. In the hours following the accident, the pressure inside the containment may increase slightly. It stabilises at a

In an accident involving a core meltdown due to the loss of the water inventory, the kinetics are relatively slow: the number of backup systems available ensures that water levels remain sufficient fo

ILL can offer two types of apprenticeships: Apprenticeship contracts: If you are between 18 and 25 years old, or are classed as disabled, or are starting up or taking over a company, you may be eli

No The reactor has three sensors (3-axis accelerometers) which permanently monitor ground movements. If two of these three sensors detect an acceleration greater than 0.01 g, the safety rods automatic

Yes The reactor building is designed to mechanically withstand the pressure of the water. Even in a situation of this kind, it would remain watertight.  The rise in water levels caused by the bre

Yes The pool used to store spent fuel awaiting reprocessing at La Hague is situated, like the reactor pool itself, inside the reactor containment; its design constraints (resistance to various stresse

No The reactor core is situated at the centre of a heavy water vessel with a volume of around 15 m3, which itself is located at the bottom of a pool containing 450 m3 of light water. In the event of t