COGEMA La Hague: production and transport December, 2005
Press release
January 26, 2006
Update on spent fuel stored at COGEMA La Hague
on December 31, 2005
Listed by country and receiving period
(tons of heavy metal)
| France | Germany | Belgium | Switzerland | Netherlands | Japan | Australia | |
| Natural uranium oxide spent fuel | 7410 | 106 | 103 | 9 | |||
| 1985-2005 | 1995-2005 | 1998-2005 | 1994-2005 | ||||
| Recycled uranium oxide spent fuel | 172 | 1 | |||||
| 1991-2005 | 1992 | ||||||
| Light water MOX spent fuel | 543 | 48 | 5 | ||||
| 1996-2005 | 1990-2004 | 2004-2005 | |||||
| RTR spent fuel | 1 | 0,4 | 0,2 | ||||
| 1997-2005 | 1998-2004 | 2000-2005 |
Reprocessing schedule for foreign fuel stored at COGEMA La Hague
on December 31, 2005
(listed by country)
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
| Germany | |||||
| Natural uranium oxide spent fuel | | ||||
| Recycled uranium oxide spent fuel | |||||
| Light water MOX spent fuel | | | | | |
| Belgium | |||||
| RTR spent fuel | |||||
| Switzerland | |||||
| Natural uranium oxide spent fuel | | | |||
| Netherlands | |||||
| Natural uranium oxide spent fuel | |||||
| Australia | |||||
| RTR spent fuel | |||||
Return of vitrified residues
(Flasks schedule by country , situation on December 31, 2005)
| 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Total of flasks | |
| Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 111 |
| Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Netherlands (*) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 202 |
(*) 4 flasks under the EPZ contract are to be returned after 2011.

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