BASSE-NORMANDIE- LA HAGUE Purpose/type: to reprocess
irradiated fuel to produce military and civilian plutonium Installations: AT1 shut down, UP2
and UP2/HAO shut down, UP2-800, UP3 Location: 290-ha area at Digulleville, Jobourg, Omonville la Petite (Manche),
west of Operator: in the beginning
the CEA; since June 1976, Cogéma, which became in
March 2006, Areva NC Period
of operation:
since 1966 Raw
material:
irradiated fuel from France and abroad Procedure: Purex Nominal
capacity:
a total of 1700 t/yr of irradiated fuel (up to 1000 t each) for UP2-800 and
UP3 Actual
production:
in 2008, reprocessed a total of 937 t of irradiated fuel; in 2009, 929 t Wastes:
solution
of fission products and transuranians, substantial
emissions
II. PRODUCTS AND BYPRODUCTS OF REPROCESSING III. RETURN
OF WASTE FROM THE REPROCESSING OF FOREIGN FUEL V.
MODIFICATION OF THE DECREES PERMITTING OPERATION OF UP2-800 AND UP3 See also The La Hague Reprocessing Plant: Basic Facts: Infrastructure, Contracts and Products, a short report drawn from material on this web site.
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