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Orano Bessines-sur-Gartempe

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Until 2001, date of the closure of the last French uranium mine, the main activities of the Orano Bessines-sur-Gartempe site (Haute-Vienne, France) were devoted to uranium extraction and processing. Since then, the site has diversified its activities towards new uranium extraction processes (Innovation centre for extractive metallurgy), the production of radiopharmaceuticals (Maurice Tubiana lab), the management and monitoring of abandoned uranium mine sites, the storage of depleted uranium and the creation of an uranium mining museum (Ureka museum)

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Original title (French)
Orano Bessines-sur-Gartempe

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
10 p.
Report number
INIS-FR--21-1072

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
52083578
Subject category
S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS;
Descriptors DEI
ABANDONED SITES; AREVA NC; DEPLETED URANIUM; EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STORAGE FACILITIES; URANIUM MINES
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; DRUGS; ELEMENTS; FRENCH ORGANIZATIONS; LABELLED COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS; METALLURGY; METALS; MINES; MONITORING; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; UNDERGROUND FACILITIES; URANIUM

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