# AR Coating for ITER Windows Qualification Programme

> 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: CILAS
- Award value: £137,860
- Tender value: £100,000
- Award date: 25 January 2023
- Published: 21 April 2023
- Contract start: 25 January 2023
- Contract end: 30 September 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: ebec91e1-2674-47f7-927f-3dbbb7532622-638575
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e61cf210-5f96-4dac-808b-590a4ba230da

## Description

To qualify a number of anti-reflective coatings for use on fused silica windows for the ITER nuclear fusion reactor containment vessel\. The coatings are to be applied to fused silica windows and samples free-issued by the United Kingdom's Atomic Energy Authority's Special Techniques Group \(UKAEA-STG\), who is managing the activity\. 1\.2\. The materials supplied will be used for the qualification of optical viewport processes which will be used for nuclear boundary components on the ITER fusion reactor

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ebec91e1-2674-47f7-927f-3dbbb7532622-638575)