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The Manufacture, Supply, and Commissioning of a Neutron Source at Culham Campus for the LIBRTI Programme

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

Buyer Address: Culham Campus, Abingdon, UKJ14, OX14 3DB, United Kingdom

Contact Name: Carl Evans

Contact Email: Carl.evans@ukaea.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
open
Value
34700000.0 GBP
Published
23 Apr 2025, 13:06
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
goods
CPV
38940000 - Nuclear evaluation instruments
Region
n/a
Awarded To
SHINE Technologies, LLC
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

The manufacture, supply, and commissioning of a neutron source that is capable of allowing tritium breeding mock-ups to be exposed to 14.1 MeV neutrons. The Equipment supplied to the Client shall be based upon existing products capable of being delivered within 24 months from point of contract award. In parallel the Contractor shall commit to support the Client in a collaborative endeavour to develop an upgrade solution of the baseline system to increase its output and thereby target exposure fluxes of 1013 n/cm2/s. The development of the upgrade shall be centred around the assumption of it being deployable as an on-site modification of the existing Client baseline installation. The R&D programme described above shall be completed within 36 months from contract award. Finally, the Contractor shall enable successful operational use of the neutron source by the Client through the provision of both training and maintenance of the delivered systems.

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Lots

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Lot 1 Status: cancelled

Lot 1 Has Options: No

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Quality

Contracts

Contract Title: The Manufacture, Supply, and Commissioning of a Neutron Source at Culham Campus for the LIBRTI Programme

Awards

Award Title: The Manufacture, Supply, and Commissioning of a Neutron Source at Culham Campus for the LIBRTI Programme

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