What the buyer wrote
The STEP programme aims to deliver a UK prototype fusion energy power plant in the 2040s and establish a credible pathway to the commercial deployment of fusion energy. United Kingdom Fusion Energy Ltd (UKFE Ltd) seeks to maximise the national and regional economic and industrial benefit of the STEP programme, in line with the strategy published in March 2026, which is featured below: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-fusion-energy-ltd-ukfe-strategy Expertise in fusion and particularly tritium handling system design, manufacture, and commissioning is concentrated within national laboratories, research facilities, and a limited specialist supply chain. There is not yet a unified s…
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Details
- What the buyer calls it
- Fuel Cycle Technical Specification Development
- How they are buying
- The buyer did not say
- Work starts
- 4 Oct 2026
- Work ends
- 5 Apr 2027
- Where
- in the South East
Who the buyer named
Operational Procurement was the named contact on this notice.