Pd Ag Functional Testing
UK Fusion Energy needs testing and manufacturability trials for palladium-silver membrane assemblies for hydrogen separation in their STEP fuel cycle system. Work includes annealing, brazing, and diffusion bonding trials with microstructural characterisation, hardness testing, and destructive testing of finished assemblies.
- Closed29 June 2026
- Value£195k
- BuyerUK Fusion Energy Ltd
- CategorySurveying, architecture & engineering, Research & development
- RegionSouth East
You'll want to look if you have capability in materials characterisation, metallurgical testing, and joining processes (brazing and diffusion bonding) for advanced alloys
Possible incumbent
Materials testing work for STEP is handled by a framework established November 2025 with Amentum, NPL Management, and others including University of Strathclyde and Kinectrics UK. Inferred from prior awards to this buyer, not confirmed.