Cigéo: Andra issues updated cost assessment
On 12 May 2025, Andra reported to the French Minister of Industry and Energy regarding the updated cost assessment for Cigeo, the deep geological disposal project for high-level radioactive waste (HLW) and long-lived intermediate-level radioactive waste (ILW).
The Costing Report is one of the main inputs used to define the cost of Cigeo, which will be determined by ministerial order by the end of 2025 after seeking comments from the main waste producers (EDF, Orano and CEA), as well as the opinion of the French Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Authority (ASNR). This order will provide waste producers with a benchmark for fulfilling their obligation to provision funding for the management of their waste.