The Tricastin uranium storage facility – BNI 178 Following the delicensing of part of the Pierrelatte DBNI by decision of the Prime Minister, BNI 178 – or the Tricastin uranium storage facility – was created. This facility groups the uranium storage facilities and the platform’s new emergency management premises. ASN registered this facility in December 2016. It comprises the Containers Maintenance Shop 2 (AMC2), in which the containers intended for the transport and storage of UF6 are washed and rinsed, as authorised by Decree 20231220 of 19 December 2023. The P35 facility – BNI 179 Following on from the delicensing process for the Pierrelatte DBNI by decision of the Prime Minister, BNI 179, known as “P35” was created. This facility comprises ten uranium storage buildings. ASN registered this facility in January 2018. The FLEUR facility – BNI 180 Decree 2022-3091 of 18 March 2022 authorises the Orano Chimie-Enrichissement company to create a storage BNI called “Local Supply of Reprocessed Uranium Storage” (FLEUR acronym in French), intended for the storage of containers of depleted uranium mainly produced by reprocessing of spent fuels. It currently comprises two buildings and could eventually comprise up to four. The IARU facility (formerly Socatri) – BNI 138 The facility primarily carries out repair, decontamination and dismantling of industrial or nuclear equipment, radioactive and industrial liquid effluent treatment and reprocessing and conditioning of radioactive waste. 1.2 Fuel fabrication The fabrication of fuel for electricity generating reactors involves the transformation of UF6 into uranium oxide powder. The pellets fabricated from this powder in the Framatome “FBFC” plant in Romanssur-Isère are placed in zirconium metal cladding to constitute the fuel rods, which are then grouped together to form the fuel assemblies. The fuels used in the experimental reactors are more varied and, for example, some of them use highly-enriched uranium in metal form. These fuels are fabricated in the Framatome plant at Romans-sur-Isère usually called “Cerca”. The FBFC and Cerca plants were combined in a single BNI (63-U), by a Decree of 23 December 2021. TABLE 1 “Fuel cycle” industry movements in 2024 Product processed Product obtained Product shipped Installation Origin Product processed Tonnage Product obtained Tonnage Destination Tonnage Orano Tricastin Conversion Orano Malvési UF4 13,155 UF6 15,722 Orano storage areas Tricastin 15,722 Orano Tricastin TU5 Unit Orano La Hague Uranyl nitrate 1,557 U3O8 462 Orano storage areas Tricastin 444 Orano Tricastin W plant Orano Tricastin GB II UF6 depleted 8,829 U3O8 7,023 Orano storage areas Tricastin 7,087 Orano Tricastin GB II Orano Tricastin Conversion UF6 11,632 UF6 depleted 9,948 Orano Tricastin Plant W 9,948 UF6 enriched 1,483 Fuel fabrication plants 1,483 Framatome Romans Orano Tricastin GB II UF6 enriched 492 Fuel assemblies 642 EDF 579 Urenco (Netherlands, Germany and United States) 74 Taishan (China) 53 Tenex (Russia) 62 OL3 (Finland) 4 ANF Lingen (Germany) Gadolinium rods 10 UO2 and U3O8 powder 4 Framatome Richland (United States) 8 CEA 4 Enusa (Spain) 3 Orano Melox Marcoule WSE Vasteras (Sweden) UO2 depleted 72 MOX fuel assemblies 63 EDF 70 Orano La Hague PuO2 7 Orano La Hague Fuels reprocessed in the La Hague plant EDF and other licensees UOX and MOX 871 Uranium in form of uranyl nitrate 882 Orano Tricastin 563 PuO2 11 Melox Marcoule 8 Fuels stored in the La Hague plant pools EDF and other licensees Irradiated fuel elements 10,156 – – – – ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2024 337 AP “Nuclear fuel cycle” facilities 12 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 01 13 14 15
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