Procurement Summary
Country : United Kingdom
Summary : Provision of Autonomous Waste Sorting and Segregation Auto Sas
Deadline : 30 Jul 2024
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Notice Type : Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 103522704
Document Ref. No. : CF-0154700D4L000000iAvzUAE
Competition : ICB
Financier : Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership : Public
Tender Value : GBP 9500000
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The NDA and its operating companies recognise that robotics and automation have a key role to play in reducing the time, cost and risk associated with our decommissioning mission. Auto-SAS aims to push the boundaries of robotic systems in the NDA group, acting as a steppingstone to the routine use of autonomous systems and continuous operations.
An area where robotic technologies provide a significant opportunity is nuclear waste handling. The characterisation, sentencing and disposal of radioactive waste is complicated, time consuming and expensive. It also poses both conventional and radiological risks to workers. Ideally waste would be handled once, segregated at source to the most appropriate waste route, properly utilising the waste hierarchy. Safety measures, alongside resource, time and space constraints, make in-situ sentencing challenging, meaning that accurate segregation is not always possible.
Auto-SAS will build upon the learning from the NDA funded Integrated Innovation for Nuclear Decommissioning - Sorting and Segregation (IIND-SAS) competition delivered through Innovate UK, which sought to demonstrate the feasibility of autonomous sort and segregation of mixed nuclear waste through the supply chain. Auto-SAS will go further by deploying an integrated system on a nuclear licenced site, for the sorting and segregation of specific radioactive waste material. The Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) Strategic Innovation Team will be responsible for the ove...
Location Of Contract : CA24 3HU
Industry : Industrial robots - 42997300 Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000 Design and execution of research and development - 73300000 Project-design services other than for construction work - 79421200 Waste analysis services - 79723000 Specialty design services - 79930000
Value Of Contract : £5, 000, 000 to £9, 500, 000
Published Date : 1 July 2024
Closing Date : 30 July 2024
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