Cryogenic Irradiation of Superconductors
key details
| Status | planned |
|---|---|
| Category (CPV) | 71335000 +5 more |
| Region | South East |
| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-02baf6 |
description
UKAEA’s principal mission is to lead the commercial development of fusion power and related technology and position the UK as a leader in sustainable nuclear energy.
One project within UKAEA’s remit is the STEP programme which is looking to design a commercially viable, compact fusion reactor, collaborating with partners to build a UK prototype by 2040.
The magnet system in STEP, which confines the plasma, will operate at cryogenic temperatures (<30K) and will be exposed to ionising radiation, primarily neutrons and gamma rays. There is a requirement to understand how the magnet materials will behave under these conditions. In order to characterise the behavior of these materials at these temperatures, UKAEA is exploring the feasibility of exposing samples to neutron radiation at cryogenic temperatures and maintaining the samples in a cold chain until analysis.
The STEP programme is seeking to understand the potential avenues to acquire this data and seeks responses.
notice history
2 notices published against this procurement.
| Published | Type | Regime | Notice |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Jun 2021 | Prior information notice (F01) | Earlier regulations | 013187-2021 |
| 1 Jul 2021 | Corrigendum (F14) | Earlier regulations | 015026-2021 |
more from United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
- Removal of Controlled Waste · £400,000 · 28 Oct 2025
- Fixed Crane Maintenance Service · £240,000 · 1 Aug 2025
- Pressure Assembly Fabricated from Stainless Steel Tubing for a Cryogenic Application in Vacuum for MAST-U · £1,000,000 · 2 Jul 2025
- Isolation Transformers · £35,000 · 14 Mar 2025
- Employee Assistance Programme · 11 Mar 2025
- IT Storage · £204,000 · 5 Mar 2025
- Cloud and Mobile, Environmental, Health and Safety Platform · £108,000 · 5 Mar 2025
- Procurement of OVX Systems · £4,800,000 · 4 Mar 2025
all contracts from this buyer →
similar contracts awarded
Other awarded contracts in the same category. Useful for seeing who normally wins this kind of work, and at what value.
- Strategy and road mapping exercise for non-destructive testing techniques for in-vessel components · UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd · £50,000
- Systems Engineering Masters Apprentice Programme (SEMAP) - Awarded Contract · Ministry of Defence · £2,100,000
- Systems Engineering Masters Apprentice Programme (SEMAP) - Award Notice F03 · Ministry of Defence
- Mapping and Modelling Framework · Environment Agency (Defra Group Commercial)
- D1204 Lifting Equipment Engineering Substantiation · Dounreay · £25,000
- Royal Aeronautical Society · UNIVERSITY OF DERBY · £39,850
- UKRI-1991 Safety Box Pre Work Publicly Accessible Specification (PAS) · UK Research & Innovation · £41,500
- Engineering Study BTF2 · Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult · £65,000
source
Published on Find a Tender. Contact details for named individuals are not reproduced on this site.