Notice Information
Notice Title
STEP WP5 - Heat Pipe Design Challenge
Notice Description
Managing the heat exhaust from a fusion reactor is one of the most pressing challenges facing those seeking to realise a commercial power plant design For spherical tokamak designs such as STEP, the compact nature of the device potentially increases the heat fluxes on the plasma-facing components and restricts the space for incorporating cooling when compared to conventional larger aspect-ratio tokamaks such as ITER or EU-DEMO. A fusion reactor heat exhaust is handled via a divertor, which needs to handle large heat fluxes (>10 MW.m-2) especially in the divertor target 2Heat pipes have been proposed as potential technology for fusion high heat flux components since at least 1972. Liquid metal filled heat pipes have been tested under fusion relevant heat fluxes as recently as 2018. Despite this, there remain significant outstanding questions before they can be considered as a feasible solution for the fusion heat exhaust problem The STEP Work Package 5 (Resilient Nuclear Components) wishes to harness industrial expertise in heat pipe design outside the fusion community and to identify whether this expertise can be applied to developing an innovative heat pipe concept design for the STEP divertor target. This design challenge is ultimately concerned with the feasibility of implementation for a heat pipe high heat flux handling solution within the divertor region of a fusion reactor. The UKAEA is seeking the assessment of innovative preliminary concept designs of a high heat flux heat pipe suitable for use as a STEP divertor target. The total duration of the activities of this initial contract shall not exceed 12 weeks and must be completed by March 2020.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
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- Latest Notice
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- Current Stage
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- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
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- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
09 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
42 - Industrial machinery
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
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- CPV Codes
09343000 - Radioactive materials
38970000 - Research, testing and scientific technical simulator
42511100 - Heat-exchange units
71241000 - Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis
71333000 - Mechanical engineering services
71335000 - Engineering studies
71336000 - Engineering support services
71337000 - Corrosion engineering services
71356200 - Technical assistance services
73120000 - Experimental development services
73220000 - Development consultancy services
73300000 - Design and execution of research and development
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Oct 20196 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 4 Nov 2019Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 15 Nov 2019 - 27 Mar 2020 1-6 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- ABINGDON
- Postcode
- OX14 3DB
- Post Town
- Oxford
- Country
- England
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLJ South East (England)
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- Local Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Electoral Ward
- Sandford & the Wittenhams
- Westminster Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8d85eca9-fb80-467b-976c-e7f8ecc05444
7th October 2019 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
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