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France already does it in a place named Bure in the Meuse department. But they do store mainly long term radioactive waste there not fuel. Up to my knowledge,

by adev_ 3y ago

France already does it in a place named Bure in the Meuse department. But they do store mainly long term radioactive waste there not fuel. Up to my knowledge, spent Fuel and plutonium are first sent for recycling in France and not burry as such.

morsch 3y ago
Bure is a research project, a model for a real, large-scale, long-term storage site. Which France intends to build there. I'm not sure if they have started? They plan to be finished around 2035-2040, and apparently expect construction to cost between 25 and 30 billion EUR. Initial operation (pilot phase) is expected to occur 2040-2050, if that goes well, regular operation can start.[1] Plans and expectations of huge public projects being what they are. Spent fuel is currently sent to La Hague, where afaik they store almost all of it in warehouses surrounded by barbed wire, just like everybody else. It'll take decades to move all of it to Bure, or wherever else they decide to put it. [1] https://www.base.bund.de/DE/themen/soa/endlager-weltweit/frankreich/frankreich_node.html https://www.base.bund.de/DE/themen/soa/endlager-weltweit/fra...
- adev_ 3y ago
  > Which France intends to build there. I'm not sure if they have started? To my understanding, the tag "research project" has been mainly used to avoid a crowd of NIMBYs from day one. There is already nuclear waste in the tunnels and not in small quantities. It does work and is used for what it has been designed. Budget is hardly surprising when we talk about a facility supposed to store the garbage of a country that has been running full nuclear for 40 years. > Spent fuel is currently sent to La Hague, where afaik they store almost all of it in warehouses Part of it is there are to be recycle in Mox. An other part is to be re-enriched. The rest will very likely be buried underground since the Fast Neutron reactor plans are unlikely to happen any time soon due to short term politics.
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by adev_ 3y ago

morsch 3y ago

Bure is a research project, a model for a real, large-scale, long-term storage site. Which France intends to build there. I'm not sure if they have started? They plan to be finished around 2035-2040, and apparently expect construction to cost between 25 and 30 billion EUR. Initial operation (pilot phase) is expected to occur 2040-2050, if that goes well, regular operation can start.[1] Plans and expectations of huge public projects being what they are. Spent fuel is currently sent to La Hague, where afaik they store almost all of it in warehouses surrounded by barbed wire, just like everybody else. It'll take decades to move all of it to Bure, or wherever else they decide to put it. [1] https://www.base.bund.de/DE/themen/soa/endlager-weltweit/frankreich/frankreich_node.html https://www.base.bund.de/DE/themen/soa/endlager-weltweit/fra...

adev_ 3y ago
> Which France intends to build there. I'm not sure if they have started? To my understanding, the tag "research project" has been mainly used to avoid a crowd of NIMBYs from day one. There is already nuclear waste in the tunnels and not in small quantities. It does work and is used for what it has been designed. Budget is hardly surprising when we talk about a facility supposed to store the garbage of a country that has been running full nuclear for 40 years. > Spent fuel is currently sent to La Hague, where afaik they store almost all of it in warehouses Part of it is there are to be recycle in Mox. An other part is to be re-enriched. The rest will very likely be buried underground since the Fast Neutron reactor plans are unlikely to happen any time soon due to short term politics.
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