Disposal facilities & waste management, promoting safety, dialogue and sustainability
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Disposal cell
In operation used for disposal of VLL waste and protected from rain by a shelter roof
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Logistics building
Logistics building for unloading of VLL waste and its storage before transfer to the disposal vaults
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Conditioning building
Conditioning building houses two compacting presses for low-density plastic or bulk metallic VLL waste, a solidification, stabilisation and inerting unit for hazardous waste; an additional inspection unit for the waste packages
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Waste storage building
Storage building temporarily accepts the radioactive waste from activities unrelated to nuclear power and for which no disposal solutions exist as of yet
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Grouping building
Grouping building and its sorting/treatment extension for grouping waste from activities unrelated to nuclear power and for sorting and treating some of these wastes
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Final cap
Final cap comprising various layers of natural materials (clay, alterites, aggregates, topsoil), built on the vaults filled with VLL waste, providing long-term confinement of these wastes.
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Vaults
Reinforced concrete structures built on the 30 hectare disposal area and in which packages of low and intermediate level, short-lived waste (LLW/ILW-SL) are disposed of.
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Experimental cap
Experimental cap structure to study a cover design which, after operation of the site, will ensure the long-term sealing of the disposal area
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Underground work support zone (250 hectares):
Used to transfer the staff and equipment needed for excavation. Also houses the excavated materials.
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Experimental cap
Experimental cap models installed in 2014 in order to study a prototype cover consisting of shale samples from the facility's present cover mixed with bentonite.
Cigéo
A hundred years project driven by safety and dialogue to manage most dangerous waste.
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Package reception area
The radioactive waste packages arrive to Cigeo by train. On arrival, they are inspected and prepared before being sent down to the underground facilities
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Transit building
Transit building regulates the waste streams passing through the installations and is used for temporary storage of the waste packages requiring additional inspections.
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Storm water basin
Storm water basin collecting all the rainwater from the site and also constituting a firefighting water reserve.
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Orano- La Hague Spent Nuclear Fuel Processing Plant
Located next to the Manche disposal facility. Rain water collected from the Manche disposal facility (CSM) are channeled to the Orano water treatment plant before being discharged into the Sainte-Hélène stream or to the sea.
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