# STEP Plasma Modelling

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority](/buyers/united-kingdom-atomic-energy-authority/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [University of York](/contract-winners/university-of-york/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £1,500,000
- Tender value: £1,500,000
- Award date: 18 May 2019
- Published: 6 June 2019
- Contract start: 11 June 2019
- Contract end: 31 March 2020
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: e9003b3a-5df0-486d-95f5-826382b0d82d-293555
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-cfea249f-1675-4a5f-959b-75c1af36e462

## Description

The UKAEA aims to establish a national programme that will explore the options, challenges and solutions for accelerating the delivery of fusion power through the development of a compact reactor, the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production \(STEP\)\. The programme will cover every aspect of designing a fusion reactor, including plasma performance and plasma control for steady-state operation\. UKAEA invites expressions of interest from research organisations capable of carrying out plasma modelling for STEP\. Specifically, modelling is required in the following areas: • First principles-based \(gyrokinetic\) simulations of turbulence and the associated plasma turbulence in the plasma core and pedestal\. • Simulations of turbulence in the scrape-off layer \(SOL\)\. • Simulations of non-inductive plasma start-up and non-inductive current drive using waves in the electron cyclotron range of frequencies\. The framework will have an initial duration of 1 year, extendable on an annual basis for a maximum of 5 years in aggregate

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e9003b3a-5df0-486d-95f5-826382b0d82d-293555)