La Hague vitrification plants R7 and T7: The operational experience

Conference · Thu Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1992 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:6846844

Ligney, J M ^[1]

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1. COGEMA, Velizy-Villacoublay (France)

After 30 yr of research and development in high-level waste (HLW) vitrification in France, commercial service is now on line at the La Hague reprocessing plant at the R7 and T7 facilities. Results accumulated so far at these facilities show that HLW vitrification in France meets the criteria of an industrially mastered process and that the resulting glass meets all required quality standards. By May 1993, the number of glass canisters produced was 1629 at R7 (started in June of 1989) and 314 at T7 (started in July of 1992). The total conditioned activity is >26 million TBq. This corresponds to the HLW from the reprocessing of >5000 t of UO[sub 2] equivalent.

• OSTI ID: 6846844
• Report Number(s): CONF-931160--
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Vol. 69; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

050800* -- Nuclear Fuels-- Spent Fuels Reprocessing
052001 -- Nuclear Fuels-- Waste Processing
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
COGEMA
COGEMA LA HAGUE
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ENERGY SOURCES
EUROPE
FRANCE
FRENCH ORGANIZATIONS
FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS
FUELS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR FUELS
OPERATION
PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REACTOR MATERIALS
REPROCESSING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SPENT FUELS
VITRIFICATION
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES
WESTERN EUROPE