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Is it possible to recycle nuclear wastes? Costs, risks and stakes of the plutonium industry

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This document, published by the French association 'Sortir du nucleaire' (Get out of nuclear), gives some information on the chain reaction from uranium to plutonium, the difference between reprocessing (which does not reduce waste volumes but multiply waste types) and recycling, the high risks associated with plutonium transport, La Hague as the most dangerous nuclear site in France, reprocessing as the alibi for the French nuclear industry, Areva as an expert in propaganda, reprocessing as an absurd world strategy, plutonium as a fuel for proliferation, the myth of unlimited energy with the breeder reactors, and so on

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Original title (French)
Peut-on recycler les dechets nucleaires? Couts, risques et enjeux de l'industrie du plutonium

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Imprint Pagination
12 p.
Report number
INIS-FR--11-0468

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Notes
Also available from the INIS Liaison Officer for France, see the 'INIS contacts' section of the INIS-NKM website for current contact and E-mail addresses: http://www.iaea.org//inis/Contacts/index.htm