The Manufacture, Supply, and Commissioning of a Neutron Source at Culham Campus for the LIBRTI Programme

Descriptions

The manufacture, supply, and commissioning of a neutron source that is capable of allowing tritium breeding mock-ups to be exposed to 14.1 MeV neutrons. The Equipment supplied to the Client shall be based upon existing products capable of being delivered within 24 months from point of contract award. In parallel the Contractor shall commit to support the Client in a collaborative endeavour to develop an upgrade solution of the baseline system to increase its output and thereby target exposure fluxes of 1013 n/cm2/s. The development of the upgrade shall be centred around the assumption of it being deployable as an on-site modification of the existing Client baseline installation. The R&D programme described above shall be completed within 36 months from contract award. Finally, the Contractor shall enable successful operational use of the neutron source by the Client through the provision of both training and maintenance of the delivered systems.