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Plutonium warehoused in La Hague 2010-2016

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This note presents and comments data mainly provided by Areva on the geographical origins and quantities of plutonium warehoused in La Hague since 2007. This plutonium can be extracted from irradiated nuclear fuels and packed under the form PuO2 powder, present in pellets of hybrid oxides (UO2-PuO2) inserted in MOX fuel pencils rejected by the MELOX plant and warehoused in pools, present in irradiated UOX fuels which may be reprocessed, and present in MOX and URE (enriched reprocessed uranium) fuels which will not be reprocessed

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Original title (French)
Plutonium entrepose a La Hague 2010-2016

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6 p.
Report number
INIS-FR--20-0173

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Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
51004173
Subject category
S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
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AREVA NC LA HAGUE; ENRICHED URANIUM; FRANCE; FUEL CYCLE; HISTORICAL ASPECTS; MARKET; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; PELLETS; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM DIOXIDE; POWDERS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; REPROCESSING; SPENT FUEL STORAGE; SPENT FUELS; TRADE; URANIUM DIOXIDE
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ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ACTINIDES; AREVA NC; CHALCOGENIDES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; EUROPE; FRENCH ORGANIZATIONS; FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS; FUELS; ISOTOPE ENRICHED MATERIALS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; METALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUCLEAR FUELS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM OXIDES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; REACTOR MATERIALS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SOLID FUELS; STORAGE; TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM OXIDES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE STORAGE; WESTERN EUROPE

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