Transportation of Reprocessing Waste From France to Germany: Assessment of the Radiological Risks of Transport Accidents·

The reprocessing contracts signed between COGEMA, France, and its customers include the requirement that the radioactive waste arising from reprocessing of foreign spent nuclear fuel must be returned to the customer. Accordingly, the radioactive waste generated from reprocessing of German spent nuclear fuel is expected to be returned from the COGEMA La Hague Reprocessing Plant (UP2, UP3) for interim storage in Germany in the near future. In response to safety concerns of the public related to such reprocessing waste transports a waste transport risk assessment study has been conducted on behalf of the Institut de Protection et de Sfirete Nucleaire (IPSN), France, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Reactor Safety (BMU), Germany, and the Directorate-General for Environment, Nuclear Safety and Civil Protection, (XI-A-I) of the European Commission.