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Waste Transfer System

UK Atomic Energy Authority

Published: May 27, 2026

Updated: May 27, 2026

About This Opportunity

This is a supplies contract in the energy and power, environment and climate and architecture and engineering sectors, with a focus on Nuclear. Located in United Kingdom, Europe, this opportunity is open to firms and consortiums.

Published through UK FTS - Find a Tender Service, a national government procurement portal. Public procurement tenders follow the country's national bidding regulations and may have specific eligibility and documentation requirements for the supply of goods in the energy and power sector. Supply contracts typically require bidders to demonstrate product compliance with technical specifications, delivery capacity, and relevant certifications. This is an advance notice — the formal tender is expected to be published shortly. Interested parties can use this time to prepare documentation and identify potential partners.

Description

The Joint European Torus (JET) was an experimental fusion tokamak, capable of operating with deuterium-tritium (D-T) plasmas, located at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in Oxfordshire. After 40 years of record-breaking fusion research the JET machine ceased to operate in December 2023. The tokamak and its associated facilities are now being decommissioned or repurposed. The capability to achieve this requires a full spectrum of nuclear decommissioning capabilities including dismantling and size reduction of the JET machine, processing the associated waste streams (including Intermediate-Level Waste (ILW) and Low-Level Waste (LLW)), consignment of waste material from site and repurposing existing facilities. The JET Decommissioning and Repurposing (JDR) Programme is UKAEA’s long term programme to safely decommission the JET fusion facility and repurpose the Culham site, following the completion of JET operations. The JDR Programme is undertaking the process of removing waste from the JET vessel via its Remote Handling (RH) capability. To undertake this activity, JDR requires multiple elements to be fabricated - these must work seamless together. The JDR Programme references these elements as “The Waste Transfer System”.

Data provenance

This notice is sourced from UK FTS - Find a Tender Service and was originally published on May 27, 2026. Last refreshed today. Reference: 049945-2026. BidsFactory mirrors official procurement notices and links back to the source for full legal text.

About UK Atomic Energy Authority

UK Atomic Energy Authority has issued 85 procurement notices on BidsFactory, including 6 currently open and 63 awarded contracts. Activity concentrates in Information & Communication Technology, Energy & Power, and General Supplies & Services. All notices are published for United Kingdom. Notices are distributed via UK FTS - Find a Tender Service and UK Contracts Finder. Most recent publication: May 27, 2026.

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This notice was issued by UK Atomic Energy Authority in United Kingdom. The authority is responsible for evaluating bids, awarding the contract, and managing performance.