Advanced Purex process and waste minimization at La Hague
Conference
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OSTI ID:100811
- COGEMA, Velizy-Villacoublay (France)
- SGN, St. Quentin en Yvelines (France)
- NUSYS, Paris (France)
After a brief recall of the different aspects of the commercial irradiated fuel reprocessing, this paper presents the achievements of the recently commissioned UP3 plant at La Hague. The advanced Purex process implemented with a total waste management results in important waste volume minimization, so that the total volume of high-level and transuranic waste is lower than what it would be in a once-through cycle. Moreover, further minimization is still possible, based on an improved waste management. Cogema has launched the necessary program, which will lead to an overall volume of HLW and TRU wastes of less than 1 m{sup 3}/t by the end of the decade, the maximum possible activity being concentrated in the glass.
- OSTI ID:
- 100811
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-930906--; ISBN 0-7918-0691-X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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