Waste treatment at the La Hague and Marcoule sites
In this report, an overview of waste treatment and solidification facilities located at the La Hague and Marcoule sites, which are owned and/or operated by Cogema, provided. The La Hague facilities described in this report include the following: The STE3 liquid effluent treatment facility (in operation); the AD2 solid waste processing facility (also in operation); and the UCD alpha waste treatment facility (under construction). The Marcoule facilities described in this report, both of which are in operation, include the following: The STEL-EVA liquid effluent treatment facilities for the entire site; and the alpha waste incinerator of the UPI plant. This report is organized into four sections: this introduction, low-level waste treatment at La Hague, low-level waste treatment at Marcoule, and new process development. including the solvent pyrolysis process currently in the development stage for Cogema`s plants.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Societe Generale pour les Techniques Nouvelles (SGN), 78 - Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (France); CEA Agence Nationale pour la Gestion des Dechets Radioactifes (ANDRA), 92 - Fontenay-aux-Roses (France); Numatec, Inc., Bethesda, MD (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 93598
- Report Number(s):
- ES/WM-49; ORNL/M-4616; ON: DE95015372; CNN: 1AK-EGJ68V; TRN: 95:018552
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: DN: Waste Management Program; PBD: Apr 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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