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Ensa to manufacture four tanks for ITER’s Water Detritiation System

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Maliaño, December the 7th of 2016. – Equipos Nucleares, SA has been awarded the contract for the final design, manufacture and delivery of four tanks of the Water Detritiation System of the ITER project: two High Level Holding Tanks and  two Feeding Tanks.

The company located in Cantabria has signed this contract after undergoing a procurement process launched by Fusion for Energy , the EU body managing Europe’s contribution to ITER.

With this new contract, Ensa is consolidated as one of the main European manufacturers of components for large scientific facilities such as ITER.

The high quality of its components, the fulfillment of delivery time, the commitment to innovation and the technological development of the company located in Cantabria have been decisive for this award.

In March 2015, the tanks manufactured by ENSA for the Tritiated Water System, were Europe’s first-ever components to be delivered on the ITER worksite- one of the most important civil engineering platforms today.

The objective of ITER is to test the viability of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source, prior to the construction of a commercial demonstration facility.

Fusion for Energy

 Is the European Union’s organisation for Europe’s contribution to ITER.  One of the main tasks of F4E is to work together with European industry, SMEs and research organisations to develop and provide a wide range of high technology components together with engineering, maintenance and support services for the ITER project.

F4E supports fusion R&D initiatives through the Broader Approach Agreement signed with Japan and prepares for the construction of demonstration fusion reactors . F4E was created by a decision of the Council of the European Union as an independent legal entity and was established in April 2007 for a period of 35 years. Its offices are in Barcelona, Spain.

 

One of the tanks supplied by Ensa for the tritiated water system is the first component installed in Tokamak of the ITER

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Maliaño, 13rd April.- One of the tanks for the tritiated water system designed and made by Ensa, was the first component installed in the Tokamak complex. The tank was introduced in the Tritio building last March; it was an important installation for the detritiation process of the ITER facilities.

The ITER complex, one of the most important platforms of civil engineering in Europe, had received on March 2015 the first of six big tanks of steel awarded to Ensa by F4E.  Both the design and the manufacture, performed by Ensa, meet the demanding safety qualifications that are applied for the ITER components.