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Working Internationally Across the
Nuclear LifecycleUK Support to International Fusion
Ian Grayson
Amec Foster Wheeler Fusion Account Director
Fusion
Amec Foster Wheeler is a major
international engineering company
operating globally in more than 55
countries, and has been supporting Civil
Nuclear for more than 60 years.
We have participated in contracts
associated with ITER since 1994, and
were a founder member of European
Fusion Engineering and Technology
Group (EFET)
Fusion
• Fusion and ITER relies on
worldwide collaboration
• This mirrors how we like to
work
• We integrate projects and
teams to deliver the best
value for our clients
• Partnership is key
• This a UK strength
Fusion
• We work right across the lifecycle of design, build, operate
maintain and decommission
• Design
• Specialist Technology
• Remote Handling
• Construction Management
• Operations
• Decommissioning
Example Contracts
2011 – 2012
Radiation
Mapping
1994 -2004
Framework contract
contributing to
overall design of ITER
Engineering Design
1998
Development of
Plasma Facing
Components
2002
Developed a
low temperature
HIP cycle
2002- 2006
Supported
DEMO and Power
Plant Conceptual
Design studies
2004 - 2006
Site selection
studies
for ITER
2009-2013
Tokamak
Framework
Contract
VV analysis
2015- to date
Neutral Beam Remote
Handling System
Design, Manufacture, Install,
Commission
2016 – to date
Construction
Management
of ITER plant
2014 – to date
Test Blanket Module
Maintenance
Studies
2013-2015
Remote Environmental
Monitoring Framework
2013-2015
Engineering Support
In Radwaste Handling
& Storage
2014 - to date
Neutronics
Design
Support
Framework
2014 – to date
Test Blanket
Module Accident
Analyses
2013 – to date
First Wall Panels
Design & production
of prototypes
2015 – to date
Maintenance &
Remote Handling
Framework
2016 – to date
E C & I Design
Support Framework
2016 – to date
Deactivation
Analysis
2016 – to date
Contamination
Control &
Decontamination
Procedures
2016 – to date
ITER Simulator
Specification
International Partnering
2011 – 2012
Radiation
Mapping
1994 -2004
Framework contract
contributing to
overall design of ITER
Engineering Design
1998
Development of
Plasma Facing
Components
2002
Developed a
low temperature
HIP cycle
2002- 2006
Supported
DEMO and Power
Plant Conceptual
Design studies
2004 - 2006
Site selection
studies
for ITER
2009-2013
Tokamak
Framework
Contract
VV analysis
2015- to date
Neutral Beam Remote
Handling System
Design, Manufacture, Install,
Commission
2016 – to date
Construction
Management
of ITER plant
2014 – to date
Test Blanket Module
Maintenance
Studies
2013-2015
Remote Environmental
Monitoring Framework
2013-2015
Engineering Support
In Radwaste Handling
& Storage
2014 - to date
Neutronics
Design
Support
Framework
2014 – to date
Test Blanket
Module Accident
Analyses
2013 – to date
First Wall Panels
Design & production
of prototypes
2015 – to date
Maintenance &
Remote Handling
Framework
2016 – to date
E C & I Design
Support Framework
2016 – to date
Optimisation of
ITER Deactivation
Scenario
2016 – to date
Contamination
Control &
Decontamination
Procedures
2016 – to date
ITER Simulator
Specification
Specialist Technology
First Wall Panels – development of prototypes
and specialist bonding technologies
• Spanish partners Iberdrola and Leading
Enterprises
Test Blanket Modules – Safety Analyses of
unique experimental plasma facing assemblies
• USA partner Idaho National Labs
Plant Simulation
• Finnish partners Fortum & VTT and CCFE
Remote Handling
UK leading 50% of major Remote
Handling packages for ITER
• Neutral Beam Remote Handling
System: Amec Foster Wheeler with 2
Finnish, 1 French, 1 German, 1
Belgian, and 2 UK partners
• Diverter Remote Handling System:
Assystem UK with 2 Finnish and 2 UK
partners
Remote Handling
• European Domestic Agency
Intelligent Client support
framework UK led: Oxford
Technologies Ltd
• 50% of ITER Organisation
Maintenance & Remote
Handling framework held by
UK Companies (Amec Foster
Wheeler/OTL and Assystem
UK)
Remote Handling
Why Partner?
• Best Value to client
• Reduce Risk
• Increase Capability across niche areas
Construction
Construction Management as Agent
• Amec Foster Wheeler led
Consortium
• Assystem (France)
• KEPCO (South Korea)
Construction
Partner with client and 2 international partners to bring expertise and
experience
Operations
• UK has the largest operational Fusion
facility with JET
• Facilities for proving operation prior
to shipping to site
• New Investment in High Temperature
Facility (Private, Academia, and UK
Government Facility)
• Specialist materials analysis
• R&D
• RACE
Decommissioning
Analysis of plant for waste
and decommissioning
• Partnership with Nukem
from Germany and
EAI France
Summary
• Amec Foster Wheeler and the UK in general are highly
committed and well placed for the Fusion market
• We are doing much more than is always immediately apparent
• UK Government is encouraging UK innovation through support
of new facilities
• We welcome working with international partners, and have a
track record of delivering win-win-wins through such
arrangements
Any Questions?
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