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Fusion for Energy signs ITER Architect Engineer contract, one of the biggest engineering contracts in Europe
ITER Engineering Support Framework Contract for Jacobs Engineering UK Limited
F4E launches call for tender for vacuum vessel sectors
F4E online industry portal - now open for business
Former Culham Scientist appointed ITER Head of Diagnostics
JET and MAST
Reinventing JET
MAST
Major upgrade to MAST will benefit industry

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  Issue 21 - April 2010 Fusion Business
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Fusion for Energy signs ITER Architect Engineer contract, one of the biggest engineering contracts in Europe
 
One of the biggest engineering contracts ever in Europe was signed recently by Fusion for Energy (F4E). Worth approximately 150 million Euros, the Architect Engineer contract for ITER Buildings and Civil Infrastructures was awarded to the Engage consortium, including WS Atkins International Ltd, the UK’s largest engineering and design consultancy.

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Schematic of the completed ITER site.
 
     
ITER Engineering Support Framework Contract for Jacobs Engineering UK Limited
 

Artist's impression of the completed ITER site.
Jacobs Nucleaire has begun work to provide engineering support services for buildings and site infrastructure to the ITER Organization Civil Construction and Site Support (CCS) Office, within the context of a contract awarded last year. The five year (plus two optional years) framework contract follows the successful completion of a contract to provide preliminary architectural and engineering services to the ITER Organization

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F4E launches call for tender for vacuum vessel sectors
 
An important milestone in the European ITER project procurement was reached recently when F4E launched the call for tender for the supply of seven vacuum vessel sectors.

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ITER vacuum vessel sector.
 
     
Major upgrade to MAST will benefit industry
 

Illustration of the new MAST
A major upgrade to the Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak (MAST) facility at Culham Centre for Fusion Energy will generate around £20M in contracts for industry.

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Reinventing JET
 
The Joint European Torus (JET) device at Culham is now well into a 15-month refit to enhance its unique role in the development of fusion energy.

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Virtual Reality view of tiles being removed in JET
 
     
F4E online industry portal - now open for business
 

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The European Domestic Agency "Fusion for Energy" (F4E) has launched its new online industry portal for ITER suppliers. UK companies should register as soon as possible.

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Former Culham Scientist appointed ITER Head of Diagnostics
 
Michael Walsh, formerly head of Electron Kinetics Group at Culham, is now Head of the ITER Diagnostics Division, in Cadarache.

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Michael Walsh, head of ITER Diagnostics Division
 
     


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