ITER signs support contract with NERCC

On Saturday, 7 February 2009, the ITER Organization and the Chinese National Engineering Research Center of Converters (NERCC Co. Ltd.) signed a two-year framework contract. The contract covers the supply of engineering and consultancy support to the ITER Organization for the design and installation of the ITER AC/DC power converter systems plant. The duration of the contract is two years with the option of extending it for another three.

NERCC engineers and designers will work both at the ITER site and the NERCC location in the Shifeng hi-tech district of Zhuzhou, a city in Hunan Province, China. The support work will include providing consultation on technical issues, defining building requirements and layout, contributing to the system interface control document, defining test criteria and contributing to system integration requirements. The work will also contribute toward finalizing baseline design and design criteria at the level required for the preparation of functional technical specifications for the procurement of the ITER AC/DC power converter systems.