10 years of transport of vitrified High Level Waste (HLW) from COGEMA La Hague

Year
2004
Author(s)
Jérôme LANCELOT - COGEMA LOGISTICS (AREVA group)
Badéa MARTINOTTI - COGEMA LOGISTICS (AREVA group)
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Abstract
The Residues Returns Obligations: COGEMA has been using, for decades, its large experience of Reprocessing in both Gas Cooled reactors (GCR) and LWR fuels with the following facilities: · Marcoule UP1 plant started up in late 50's · La Hague UP2 plant started up in 1966 first with GCR fuels and from 1976 with LWR Fuel (including foreign fuels) · La Hague UP3 plant started up in 1990 Foreign Utilities signed Reprocessing Contracts with COGEMA from 1970's, providing returns of residues to the country of origin where they will be managed in a safe storage facility. Therefore, for nearly 30 years Spent Fuel coming from Japan, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands are processed on La Hague site.