Rosatom and ITER Russia sign contract
25 Mar 2008
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Sabina Griffith
On 20 March, a contract was signed between the Federal Agency for Atomic Energy (Rosatom) and the Federal State Enterprise Russian Research Center, the Kurchatov Intitute, acting as ITER Domestic Agency. Within the framework of the ITER Project, Rosatom acts as governmental customer, while the Kurchatov Intitute is responsible for the execution of the government contracts for the Russian in kind contributions.
The contract describes the development, tentative manufacturing and testing of systems elements and specific equipment in order to fulfil Russia's obligations within the ITER project until 2010.