12 January 2021
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The ITER Organisation has selected the contractors to carry out assembly and installation activities inside the Tokamak Complex at the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (Iter), under construction in Cadarache, France. These contracts are the last major assembly and installation contracts planned for first-phase Iter assembly.
The internal components of the Iter Tokamak Complex (Image: ITER Organisation)
Following competitive global tender campaigns managed by ITER s Procurement & Contracts Division, two international groups - one incorporated as a consortium and the other as a commercial partnership - have been awarded contracts for installation activities inside the Tokamak Complex.
These phased, long-term contracts will cover the pre-assembly and installation of the millions of components that make up the plant systems supporting the Iter machine, including fuelling, vacuum, diagnostics, cooling, power and heating. The two assembly contra