Company description

Power Climate Smarter living - that's our purpose. We are looking for talented students who want to help us on our journey towards a fossil-free life. Writing a thesis at Vattenfall gives you a unique opportunity to contribute to our purpose. All we ask of you is to 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. You will join an exciting environment where we work together and during your development you will collaborate 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:

• The question
• What switchgear with components studied.
• What these have for typical aging phenomena
• Analysis and assessment of existing measurement methods/controls
• Suggestions for new measurements/controls
• Summary and a presentation of the work performed work

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

• Education - Bachelor in Electrical Engineering, Energy Systems or similar.
• Scope - 15hp
• Very good knowledge of Swedish and English

Additional information

• The assignment starts: By agreement
• Place of work: Forsmark
• Application - a file with your CV and a copy of your grades.
• Last day to apply is 2024-12-01.
• Contact person and supervisor at Vattenfall: Simon Gustafsson, simon.gustafsson@vattenfall.com, 070-348 12 81.

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.