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Reprocessing plants, world-wide

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Eleven reprocessing plants are operated all over the world. Two large-scale commercially operated plants for the reprocessing of spent fuel elements from light water reactors with throughputs of 1,600 and 1,200 t uranium per year are situated in La Hague, France and Sellafield, England.

Country

Location

Capacity tU/a

Commissioning or operating period

B

Mol

80

1966-1974

G

Karlsruhe

35

1971-1990

F

Marcoule, UP 1

1,200

1958

F

La Hague, UP 2

900

1967-1974

F

La Hague, UP 2-400

400

1976-1990

F

La Hague, UP 2-800

800

1990

F

La Hague, UP 3

800

1990

GB

Windscale

1,000

1956-1962

GB

Sellafield, Magnox

1,500

1964

GB

Dounray

8

1980

GB

Sellafield, THORP

1,200

1990

I

Rotondella

5

1968

IND

Trombay

60

1965

IND

Tarapur

100

1982

J

Tokai Mura

210

1977

J

Rokkashomura

800

2005

RUS

Tscheljabinsk

400

1978

RUS

Krasnojark

1,500

under construction

USA

West Valley

300

1966-1972

Reprocessing plants, world-wide