Reprocessing plants Cogema

Figure 10.3 Cogema reprocessing plant at La Hague, France. (With permission of Cogema.)... 

VII.39] ZACHAR, M., PRETESACQUE, R, Bumup credit in spent fuel transport to COGEMA La Hague reprocessing plant , Int. J. Radioact. Mater. Trans. 5 2-4 (1994) 273-278. 

The feasibility of reprocessing oxide fuels is established due to the fact that the technology is similar to that of nuclear power plant fuels. Technically speaking, oxide fuels can be reprocessed in the industrial facilities of the COGEMA, on condition that specific means are set up for the cutting, handling and transportation of the fuel. 

To secure an assessment of EFR fuel cycle costs, EFRUG requested the major companies specialising in nuclear fuel brication and reprocessing, BNFL and COGEMA, to provide up-to-date information on fuel service costs. As for plant construction the fuel service cost assessment was requested for the first-off station and for a series unit in a programme of fast reactors with an established fuel cycle operating under similar industrial conditions as for PWRs. 

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