Waste minimization at La Hague
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:111564
The industrial mastery of commercial reprocessing gained by COGEMA is the result of a progressive strategy. Today more than 25 years after the start-up of the facilities which initiated the commercial reprocessing at La Hague, the recovery and recycling of energetic materials are demonstrated and the necessary industrial facilities are available. The second objective of reprocessing, i.e. safe on-line waste conditioning has been achieved in the UP3 plant. At the present time, there are strong incentives to reduce the volumes of HLW and TRU waste, in all countries involved in nuclear electricity generation and COGEMA is making significant progress in reducing the volume of wastes generated in its reprocessing plants to provide the best possible reprocessing service and simplify waste management practices through a continuous policy of progress. When UP3 was designed, it was planned to produce 0.75 glass canisters and 3 bitumen drums per ton of uranium reprocessed. Through changes in the waste management practices and plant modifications, COGEMA will eliminate all bitumen waste forms by 1995. Furthermore, an advanced compaction technology for the hulls and end-pieces will be implemented at the La Hague reprocessing plant in the coming years. Similarly, volumes of technological residues will be reduced from 1,700 liters per MTU to only 200 liters per MTU, with further progress planned in the coming years.
- Research Organization:
- Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ (United States). Coll. of Engineering and Mines; New Mexico State Univ., University Park, NM (United States); Waste-Management Education and Research Consortium (WERC), Las Cruces, NM (United States); USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 111564
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940225--Vol.3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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