TNS Sofres study: what 7 countries think about used nuclear fuel
Compacting structural and technological waste, processing active liquid effluents
24 hours in La Hague
"The keys to nuclear energy" ad-information
MOX for peace
"Vitrification" Technical sheet
equivalent of 400 million metric tons of gas saved
"Purifying and dispatching uranyl nitrate" Technical sheet
"Plutonium purification and dispatch" Technical sheet
"Analytical and control Labotories" Technical sheet
Recycling used fuel
With over 30 years of experience, AREVA is the world leader on the used fuel recycling market. Its activities help facilitate the management of radioactive waste by reducing both the volume and the toxicity of this waste and by saving natural uranium resources.
Recycling benefits
Once used in a reactor, used fuel is removed. It will be used in the fabrication of new MOX fuels.
Processing for recycling
Recovering used fuel enables end waste to be reduced five-fold and toxicity to be lessened ten‑fold.
MOX fuel fabrication
AREVA has developed solutions for recycling 96% of used fuel and using the uranium and plutonium contained within to make new fuels such as MOX.
Recycling and new reactors: AREVA advantages
While the world’s new energy yield is bringing about the nuclear power revival, the technologies for recycling used fuel and the emergence of generation III (and soon generation IV) reactors today make AREVA a world leader on this market. Status report.
