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Business Energy and Industrial Strategy

Virtual Centre for the Application of Nuclear Systems VULCANS

Security & DefenceCPV 35000000 35100000 35110000 35113000
Value£883k
Awarded8 Oct 2021
Published26 Oct 2021
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£883ktotal contract value
median £210k
this tender£0£17.6m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Security, Defence & Safety Equipment band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 4,182 valued Security, Defence & Safety Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Report on sector requirements and demand, covering: o Demand from public and private sector organisations for Deployable Nuclear Power Sources and their fuels; o Technical specification for isotope systems and fuel forms, in particular drawing on space mission profiles and launch safety requirements; o Capabilities required to exploit the UK's nuclear waste inventory for isotope systems; o Capabilities required and to develop micro-reactor fuel forms and reactors; o Demand for access to SACRED and PuMA2 (including associated potential revenue or cost recovery mechanisms); • Design/Engineering Specification for SACRED and for PuMA2 o Including project plan detailing path to final commissioning o Based on above identified sector requirements • Exploratory Research & Development into manufacturing approaches for fuel forms (both isotopic and fission) and subsequent performance testing • Report on future Critical Micro-Reactor Testing and Validation: o Technical requirements for a critical reactor facility o Potential location and licensing conditions o Level of investment required and customer pipeline o Links to the UK AMR Demonstration programme o Links to UKAEA's Fusion Programme.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

O Capabilities required to exploit the UK's

o Capabilities required to exploit the UK's nuclear waste inventory for isotope systems;.

02

O Links to the UK AMR Demonstration

o Links to the UK AMR Demonstration programme.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
TRN 5402 10 /2021
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