AQUITAINE Purpose/ty pe: foundry for the production of metals Locati on: Arudy (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) Operator: Fonderies Messier Period of operation: ?-present Nuclear material s: thorium The foundry produced magnesium-thorium alloys for the aviation industry. The machining of these materials created wastes containing thorium. In a special location are stored 13.3 t of residues of magnesium-thorium alloys (shavings, slag, etc.) containing 1.9 GBq of thorium 232 [Andra 00]. |