Waste Management

France / Andra Begins New Phase In Bid To Build Deep Geological Repository For Nuclear Waste

By David Dalton
18 January 2023

Construction at site in northeast of country could begin as soon as 2027
Andra Begins New Phase In Bid To Build Deep Geological Repository For Nuclear Waste
A tunnel at the Andra underground laboratory at the repository site in northeastern France. Courtesy Andra.
France’s national agency for managing radioactive waste (Andra) has applied to the ministry of ecological transition for the creation of a project for the long-term storage of high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants and other reactor facilities, the agency said on Tuesday (17 January).

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