Demonstration of simulation capability on UKAEA’s Industry Simulation Software for Fusion case studies

A Tender Notice
by UK ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
8 month
Value
£420K
Sector
TECHNOLOGY
Published
19 May 2025
Delivery
07 Jul 2025 to 28 Feb 2026
Deadline
18 Jun 2025 11:00

Concepts

Location

Oxfordshire:

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1 buyer

Description

Industry provides simulation software and methods covering a wide range of capability, deployed across all engineering sectors, much of which will be invaluable for use in the design and operation of fusion reactors in a Fusion energy industry. However, the extent to which existing capability is sufficient to facilitate design and realisation of commercial fusion powerplants is not clearly defined. Industry Simulation Software for Fusion is a multi-year rolling project aiming to define Fusion relevant analysis and simulation case studies and use them as a formal basis to engage industry for evaluation of their simulation software capability and identify development needs. The case studies to be submitted will span the full range of domains relevant to realisation of fusion as an energy source, with a mixture of single and multi-domain scenarios and involving use of a variety of methods and techniques. A total of four case study areas are covered in this procurement exercise.

Lot Division

1 Lot 1 - A neutronics-thermal-structural analysis
  • Value: £105K

Case Study - A neutronics-thermal-structural analysis for fusion software.

Award Criteria
Quality technical Pass/fails Software is pre existing, applicable to the case study and can have new/enhanced capability in future. Extension is demonstrably applicable to the case study and extension to capability is available to UKAEA. Or extension not required.
Assessed Simulate thermal Response Simulate structural response One-directional workflow with third party neutronics Co-simulation with third party neutronics Third party solver via Python API Co-simulation accelerators and extrapolators Model probalistic neutronics Model deterministic neutronics Social Value
2 Lot 2 - Structural response of thin structures to induced electromagnetic loads
  • Value: £105K

Case Study - for a structural response of thin structures to induced electromagnetic loads

Award Criteria
Quality technical Pass fails. Software is pre existing, applicable to the case study and can have new/enhanced capability in future. Extension is demonstrably applicable to the case study and extension to capability is available to UKAEA. Or extension not required.
Assessed Simulate induced currents Simulate magnetic field from bulk current Simulate magnetic field from volumetric current density field Compute Lorentz forces Map volumetric loads Import volumetric current density Simulate structural response using shell elements Social Value
3 Lot 3 - Reliability analysis of monoblock failure
  • Value: £105K

Case Study - Reliability analysis of monoblock failure

Award Criteria
Technical quality Software is pre existing, applicable to the case study and can have new/enhanced capability in future. Pass/fail Extension is demonstrably applicable to the case study and extension to capability is available to UKAEA. Or extension not required. Pass/Fail
Assessed Simulate induced currents Simulate magnetic field from bulk current Simulate magnetic field from volumetric current density field Compute Lorentz forces Map volumetric loads Import volumetric current density Simulate structural response using shell elements Social Value
4 Lot 4 - Liquid metal magnetohydrodynamics in non-uniform magnetic fields and subject to external heating
  • Value: £105K

Case Study -for a liquid metal magnetohydrodynamics in non-uniform magnetic fields and subject to external heating.

Award Criteria
Technical quality Software is pre existing, applicable to the case study and can have new/enhanced capability in future. Extension is demonstrably applicable to the case study and extension to capability is available to UKAEA. Or extension not required.
Assessed 3D Problems Liquid metal MHD with inductionless approximation Modelling effects of currents and heat transfer Modelling MHD in non-uniform magnetic fields Capture mixed/free convection in MHD Modelling turbulent flow Social Value

CPV Codes

  • 72212100 - Industry specific software development services
  • 72212422 - Software development services suites
  • 72212517 - IT software development services
  • 72212983 - Development software development services

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