Company description
Power Climate Smarter living - that's our purpose. We are looking for talented students to help us on our journey towards fossil-free living. Writing a thesis at Vattenfall gives you a unique opportunity to contribute to our purpose. All we ask is that you unleash your superpowers and share your energy with us.
About the role
About the thesis
The nuclear power plants in Forsmark are boiling water reactors, BWRs, manufactured by Asea Atom Sweden. These reactors are dependent on both high and low voltage switchgear. The internal power supply for a nuclear unit uses switchgear for mainly 10kV, 6kV, 500V AC. There are also a number of DC voltage levels. A large number of these switchgears have been in operation since the plants were started.
The question is how have these switchgears and components aged?
Components to focus on are enclosures, insulators, terminals, internal connections, etc. and how aging can be detected on these specific parts.
The thesis will be carried out at the Electrical Engineering unit, which is responsible for electrical design in the areas of Electrical Power and Automation, in both major and minor projects, during changes and modernizations in Forsmark's plants. With us, you will come to an exciting environment where we work together and during your development you will work with competent colleagues in the immediate group and with other groups within Forsmark's organization.
This assignment is for a student.
Expected results and reporting
Technical report describing:
Requirements specification
Your profile
We are looking for student(s) who want to work towards a fossil-free life within a generation and who will soon graduate from your academic studies. You are also someone who identifies with our principles: Active, Open, Positive and Safety
Additional information
Diversity and inclusion - in everything we do
We are convinced that heterogeneous teams can outperform homogeneous teams. But we can only unleash and use the power of diversity when everyone feels included. Read more about our important work on diversity and inclusion https://careers.vattenfall.com/se/jobba-med-oss/mangfald-inkludering/
About Vattenfall
We at Vattenfall are determined to make fossil-free living possible within a generation. To succeed, as one of Europe's largest energy companies, we must first become completely fossil-free ourselves. But that is not enough. To contribute to a fossil-free society, we need to do more than just focus on sustainable energy production.
Because we are convinced that if we are to make it possible to live fossil-free within a generation, we need to look at the challenge from a broader perspective than just producing energy in a sustainable way.
Follow us on the road to a fossil-free life.
Want to know more about us? Visit www.vattenfall.se
As Vattenfall is part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our services are security classified. This means that, if the position is classified, the final candidates may be subject to a special security clearance in accordance with the Security Protection Act.