Published 2007 | Version v1
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Switching from deferred dismantling to immediate dismantling: the example of Chooz A, a French PWR

Creators

  • 1. EDF-CIDEN, 35, 37 rue Louis Guerin, 69611 Villeurbanne Cedex (France)

Description

Located in the north of France, close to Belgian border, Chooz A is the first PWR that was built in France from 1962 to 1967. When it was shutdown in 1991, a deferred dismantling strategy was selected. Further to an evolution of EDF decommissioning strategy in 2001, the decommissioning of the plant was accelerated by reducing the safe enclosure period to only a few years. Thus Chooz A will be the first PWR to be fully dismantled in France and it gives a good insight of what is needed to reactivate a plant for final dismantling after a safe enclosure period. (author)

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Publishing Information

Publisher
American Society of Mechanical Engineers - ASME
Imprint Place
New York (United States)
ISBN
0-7918-3818-8
Imprint Pagination
3 p.

Conference

Title
11. International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management
Acronym
ICEM'07
Dates
2-6 Sep 2007
Place
Bruges (Belgium)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
40034348
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
DECOMMISSIONING; FRANCE; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR OPERATION; REACTOR SHUTDOWN
Descriptors DEC
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EUROPE; OPERATION; POWER REACTORS; REACTORS; SHUTDOWN; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; WESTERN EUROPE

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Notes
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