# R&D on nuclear fuel recycle and waste management

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Contract winner: [National Nuclear Laboratory Limited](/contract-winners/national-nuclear-laboratory/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £1,999,996
- Tender value: £1,999,995
- Award date: 16 February 2017
- Published: 28 May 2017
- Contract start: 1 April 2017
- Contract end: 28 February 2019
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: a7fb78e9-0d45-4d29-a47e-282dd9d57653-150340
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4903c2f4-9d7a-4d1e-a211-c6692638ddc6

## Description

This tender covers the scope of work for the initial phase of a five-year integrated programme of R&D on nuclear fuel recycle and waste management, to be completed by December 2018\. The programme shall undertake research on Aqueous recycle processes as outlined in Section 4 "Research Requirements" p\.15 of the ITT, including: i\.basic chemistry and technology for dissolution, separations and conversion steps ii\.active separations tests on surrogate feeds iii\.active dissolution tests on un-irradiated fuels iv\.a conversion flowsheet for transuranic \(TRU\) - containing products v\.a minor actinide separations flowsheet for high level waste For background information, the full specification and further information on this project please see the ITT\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a7fb78e9-0d45-4d29-a47e-282dd9d57653-150340)