Egis in consortium with Assystem and Empresarios Agrupados signed with F4E for the second phase of the ITER Architect Engineer contract.
A large, complex project with novel technologies
ITER is the world's largest fusion project which aims to demonstrate the feasibility of nuclear fusion as a large-scale and carbon-free source of energy. The programme consists of building the infrastructure of the 42 hectares platform, some 40 buildings including nuclear facilities, under the responsibility of Europe, represented by Fusion for Energy (F4E) in the project. One structure will house the Tokamak, a 30-metre-high fusion machine weighing 25,000 tonnes. The other will be a plant for the preparation and reprocessing of tritium, an isotope of hydrogen.
A long-term partnership for the Earth's most ambitious energy project
The contract expected to run for six years, with the possibility of a three-year extension, was awarded by F4E to Egis part of the b.NEXT consortium, for the design and consultancy activities including:
- Preliminary design of new buildings on ITER site.
- Detailed design for all engineering disciplines, including integration optimization and execution design.
- Construction management and site supervision to handover stage.
- Nuclear safety, PMO (Project Management Office) including configuration management.
Over the last 15 years, we have delivered multidisciplinary advanced engineering and project management expertise for the construction for the 40 buildings, including the tokamak complex. Egis will continue to mobilise our best skills, our high-level resources, and our large experience of nuclear infrastructures to successfully deliver the ITER project.
