Center de la Manche

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In the Center de stockage de la Manche near La Hague in northern France, low-level and medium-level radioactive waste was disposed of near the surface from 1969–1994. The aim was to ensure the containment of radioactive substances over a period of 200–300 years. The emplacement phase is to be followed by a monitoring phase of around 300 years.

Storage was essentially carried out in two ways: in underground concrete monoliths for medium-level or alpha-containing waste or in above-ground mounds covered with soil ( tumulus ) for short-lived low-level radioactive waste. In order to minimize the risk potential, nuclide-specific limit values ​​for the activity concentration had to be observed for the waste packages, especially for long-lived alpha emitters. On July 12, 1994, the last container with radioactive waste was brought to the Center de la Manche. A total of around 526,650 m³ has been stored since 1969. Around two thirds of this waste comes from the operation of nuclear power plants . The amount of waste stored contains around 382 TBq of alpha activity. The total activity is around 40,000 TBq, around two thirds of which are 60 Co and 137 Cs. The repository was closed in 1994. To replace the closure, the Center de l'Aube was opened in 1992 .

In 2006, the network "Sortir du nucléaire" claimed ( German : phasing out nuclear energy), at the Center de stockage de la Manche were on the surface plutonium and toxic chemicals scattered over an area of 15 hectares. The radioactivity is still dangerous after more than 300 years. According to Greenpeace, it is one of the largest nuclear waste dumps in the world. 11% of the nuclear waste is of foreign origin, of which Germany has the largest share with more than half.

An ACRO study commissioned by the Department of Manche and the French Nuclear Safety Authority in 2013 shows that the data from the French nuclear waste agency ANDRA are underestimated.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Center de stockage de la Manche website Wikimanche (French).
  2. ↑ DBE GmbH: Worldwide activities ( Memento of the original from August 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dbe.de
  3. ↑ Gestion des déchets radioactifs: les leçons du Center de stockage de la Manche Website for: Association pour le contrôle de la radioactivité dans l'Ouest "You fait des éléments à vie longue qu'il contient en grande quantité et les toxiques chimiques, le Center Manche ne sera jamais banalisable et est là pour l'éternité "" Due to the long-lasting elements that it contains in large quantities and the chemical toxins, the CSM will never be restored to its original state and will be there for eternity "(French )
  4. ↑ ACRO report commissioned by Greenpeace France: (english)
  5. ↑ http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/soupcons-de-fuites-dans-un-centre-de-dechets-nucleaires-07-06-2013-1678484_23.php

literature

  • Th. Flüeler, Ch. Küppers, M. Sailer: reprocessing of spent fuel elements from Swiss nuclear power plants. 1997.

Coordinates: 49 ° 40 ′ 40 "  N , 1 ° 51 ′ 44"  W.