The ITER Organization is moving on from designing to procuring. On Wednesday November 28th, the Director General of the ITER Organization, Kaname Ikeda, and the Director for International Affairs Department, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Toshi Nagaoka, signed the first Procurement Arrangement between the ITER Organization and the Japanese Domestic Agency at the Chateau de Cadarache.

This Procurement Arrangement is for part of the conductor for the 18 Toroidal Field (TF) Coils that will confine the plasma within the ITER machine. “Being the first Procurement Arrangement, it clearly signals that ITER procurements have begun and on a big scale”, Kaname Ikeda, ITER Director General, said.  http://www.iter.org/news_text_28-11-07.htm 

For further information and photographs, please contact: Mrs Jennifer Hay: jennifer.hay@iter.org

The European Union have been invited by the ITER IO to nominate companies who can provide support in the “NB cell and HV lines design contract“. Please find enclosed a brief description of the work to be performed. ts-nb-cell-integration-summary.pdf

Suitable qualified Associations/companies are to be proposed to EFDA before 12:00 noon, on November 29th, 2007

We kindly ask you to let us know (Tullio.Bonicelli@tech.efda.org and Jorge.Caballero@efda.org) your interest in being nominated. The potential firms should have a recognized level of expertise, competence and references in the supply of such mentioned services and include in their presentation the appropriate contact information (i.e. company name, address, contact person, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address and web address).

On 10th – 14th December is there an International Conference on ITER Business Opportunities organized by the French ITER Industrial Committee and the CEA (the French Atomic Energy Commission – Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique).

Each participant in IBF/07 will receive the detailed list of other participants and will have access to an online service for pre-arranging 30-minute one-on-one meetings (on Monday afternoon and throughout Tuesday). These meetings will provide opportunities for initial contacts between future partners wishing to develop industrial, financial or operational synergies…

Details on this link: http://www.ibf2007.org/.

For any further information, please contact Ms Boutinard form the Centre Relais Innovation IRC SOFRAA Suisse Ouest:  viviane.boutinard@epfl.ch

The coordinator of the “Euratom Training Network for Plasma Facing Materials” (ETN_PFM) at CEA-Cadarache, France, is recruiting an experienced Engineer (4 to 5 years) in mechanical engineering and/or materials science. 

This position for a trainee is offered by FZ-J (contact person Dr. Philippe Mertens, Ph.Mertens@fz-juelich.de) for a duration of 2 years and is related to the following project: “Development of Plasma-facing components” tn_pfm-vacancy.pdf

The European Union have been invited by the ITER IO to nominate companies who can provide support in the Control of Resistive Wall Modes area. Please find enclosed a brief description of the work to be performed.

Technical specifications Control of Resistive Wall Modes

Suitable qualified companies are to be proposed to ITER IO before 18:00 hours CET on September 27th, 2007

Please find below a request from the ITER deputy director.

 chd-002.pdf .

The European Union have been invited by the ITER IO to nominate companies who can provide support in the Proof and optimisation of technology for ex-situ tritium recovery from high flux components in ITER Hot Cell Facility. Please find enclosed a brief description of the work to be performed.

 _techspec-for-trial-of-tritium-recovery.pdf

Suitable qualified companies are to be proposed to ITER IO before 18:00 hours CET on September 27th, 2007

The European Union have been invited by the ITER IO to nominate companies who can provide support in the Plasma Start up and Termination area. Please find enclosed a brief description of the work to be performed.

_tech-spec-plasma-startup-and-termination.pdf

Suitable qualified companies are to be proposed to ITER IO before 18:00 hours CET on September 27th, 2007

The European Union have been invited by the ITER IO to nominate companies who can provide support in “Budget Management software package”. Please find enclosed a brief description of the work to be performed.

 call-for-nominations-budget-europe.pdf

Suitable qualified companies are to be proposed to ITER IO before 18:00 hours CET on September 21st, 2007.