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Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations
|Overview
|European
regulatory aspects of decommissioning of nuclear installations
|Review
of work on the preparation of a Commission Communication
on decommissioning
|Decommissioning
status of shutdown nuclear installations in the EU
|Forecast
shutdown dates for nuclear power plants in the EU new member states
and candidate countries
|Shutdown
nuclear power plants in the New Independent States
Decommissioning status of shutdown nuclear installations in the EU
Table
extracted from the Fourth Report from the Commission on the Present
Situation and Prospects for Radioactive Waste Management in the European
Union, annex to COM(98)799 - refer to:
Legislation - Commission Communications. Information updated
in March 2003
Description of
terms used in table
|
AUSTRIA |
|
NAME |
TYPE |
Oper.
Period |
STAGE |
COMMENTS |
|
No
decommissioning activities in Austria |
|
BELGIUM |
|
NAME |
TYPE |
Oper.
Period |
STAGE |
COMMENTS |
|
BR3 MOL |
PWR |
1962-87 |
-3 |
Small power reactor |
|
EUROCHEMIC (Dessel) |
- |
1965-80 |
-3 |
Reprocessing plant |
|
DENMARK |
|
NAME |
TYPE |
Oper.
Period |
STAGE |
COMMENTS |
|
DR-2 |
DR |
1959-1975 |
2 |
Building re-used |
|
Hot cells |
- |
1964-1990 |
2 |
Building re-used |
|
FINLAND |
|
NAME |
TYPE |
Oper.
Period |
STAGE |
COMMENTS |
|
No
decommissioning activities in Finland |
|
FRANCE |
|
NAME |
TYPE |
Oper.
Period |
STAGE |
COMMENTS |
|
G1 MARCOULE |
GCR |
1956-68 |
3* |
Small power reactor |
|
G2 MARCOULE |
GCR |
1959-80 |
-2 |
Small power reactor |
|
G3 MARCOULE |
GCR |
1960-84 |
-2 |
Small power reactor |
|
BUGEY |
GCR |
1972-94 |
-2 |
Large power reactor |
|
CHINON-A1 |
GCR |
1963-73 |
1,a |
Small power reactor |
|
CHINON-A2 |
GCR |
1965-85 |
-2 |
Large power reactor |
|
CHINON-A3 |
GCR |
1966-90 |
-2 |
Large power reactor |
|
CHOOZ A |
PWR |
1967-91 |
-2 |
Large power reactor |
|
St LAURENT A1 |
GCR |
1969-90 |
-2 |
Large power reactor |
|
St LAURENT A2 |
GCR |
1971-92 |
-2 |
Large power reactor |
|
EL 4 Monts d’Arrée |
HWR |
1969-90 |
-3* |
Small power reactor |
|
EL 2 SACLAY |
HWR |
1952-65 |
3* |
Small power reactor |
|
EL 3 SACLAY |
HWR |
1957-79 |
3* |
Small power reactor |
|
PEGASE Cadarache |
PWR |
1963-74 |
3,b |
Small power reactor |
|
RAPSODIE Cadarache |
FBR |
1967-83 |
-2 |
Small power reactor |
|
TRITON Fontenay |
PR |
1959-82 |
3 |
Small power reactor |
|
MELUSINE Grenoble |
PR |
1958-88 |
-2 |
Small power reactor |
|
MINERVE Saclay |
LW-PR |
1954-76 |
3* |
Small power reactor |
|
ZOE Fontenay |
HW |
1948-75 |
3,a |
Small power reactor |
|
NEREIDE Fontenay |
LW-PR |
1959-82 |
3 |
Small power reactor |
|
PEGGY Cadarache |
GCR |
1961-75 |
3 |
Small power reactor |
|
CESAR Cadarache |
- |
1964-74 |
3 |
Critical Assembly |
|
MARIUS Cadarache |
- |
1960-83 |
3 |
Critical Assembly |
|
ELAN II B La Hague |
- |
1970-73 |
-2 |
Source fabrication plant |
|
ELAN II A La Hague |
- |
1968-70 |
3* |
Pilot plant for Elan II
B |
|
AT 1 La Hague |
- |
1969-79 |
3* |
Fuel reprocessing plant |
|
PIVER Marcoule |
- |
1966-80 |
3,c |
Waste vitrification
plant |
|
ATTILA |
- |
1968-75 |
-1* |
Dry processing pilot
cell |
|
RM 2 |
- |
1964-85 |
-2* |
Radiometallurgy lab,13
cells |
|
BUILDING 19 Fontenay |
- |
1957-84 |
3* |
Plutonium metallurgy |
|
SUPERPHENIX |
FBR |
1986-98 |
-1 |
Large power reactor |
|
GERMANY |
|
NAME |
TYPE |
Oper.
Period |
STAGE |
COMMENTS |
|
HDR Grosswelzheim |
BWR |
1970-71 |
-3 |
Large power reactor |
|
KKN Niederaichbach |
HWR |
1973-74 |
-3 |
Large power reactor |
|
KRB A Gundremmingen |
BWR |
1967-77 |
-3 |
Large power reactor |
|
KWL Lingen |
BWR |
1968-77 |
2 |
Large power reactor |
|
MZFR Karlsruhe |
HWR |
1966-84 |
-3 |
Large power reactor |
|
VAK Kahl |
BWR |
1962-85 |
-3 |
Large power reactor |
|
AVR Jülich |
HTR |
1969-88 |
-1 |
Large power reactor |
|
THTR 300 Hamm-Uentrop |
HTR |
1987-88 |
-1 |
Large power reactor |
|
KKR Rheinsberg |
PWR |
1966-90 |
-3 |
Large power reactor |
|
KGR 1 Greifswald |
PWR |
1974-90 |
-3 |
Large power reactor |
|
KGR 2 Greifswald |
PWR |
1975-90 |
-3 |
Large power reactor |
|
KGR 3 Greifswald |
PWR |
1978-90 |
-3 |
Large power reactor |
|
KGR 4 Greifswald |
PWR |
1979-90 |
-3 |
Large power reactor |
|
KGR 5 Greifswald |
PWR |
1989-90 |
-3 |
Large power reactor |
|
KNK-II Karslruhe |
FBR |
1979-91 |
-2 |
Large power reactor |
|
KWW Wurgassen |
PWR |
1975-94 |
0 |
Large power reactor |
|
Otto-Hahn ship reactor |
PWR |
1968-79 |
3 |
Small power reactor |
|
FR-2 Karlsruhe |
HWR |
1961-86 |
2 |
Small power reactor |
|
FRJ-1 Merlin Jülich |
PR |
1962-85 |
-2 |
Small power reactor |
|
RFR Rossendorf |
PR |
1957-91 |
-3 |
Small power reactor |
|
FRN TRIGA III Neuherberg |
TRIGA |
1972-82 |
2 |
Small power reactor |
|
FRF-2 Frankfurt |
TRIGA |
1977-83 |
2 |
Small power reactor |
|
FRG-2 Geesthacht |
PR |
1963-95 |
-3 |
Small power reactor |
|
Nukem Hanau |
- |
1962-88 |
-3 |
Fuel fabrication plant |
|
WAK Karlsruhe |
- |
1971-90 |
-3 |
Reprocessing plant |
|
HOBEG Hanau |
- |
1962-88 |
-3 |
Fuel fabrication plant |
|
Siemens Brennelementwerk
Hanau |
- |
1968-91 |
0 |
Uranium/MOX fuel
fabrication plant |
|
SNEAK |
- |
- |
- |
Fast critical assembly |
|
SNR |
FBR |
- |
- |
Small power reactor |
|
GREECE |
|
NAME |
TYPE |
Oper.
Period |
STAGE |
COMMENTS |
|
No
decommissioning activities in Greece |
|
IRELAND |
|
NAME |
TYPE |
Oper.
Period |
STAGE |
COMMENTS |
|
No
decommissioning activities in Ireland |
|
ITALY |
|
NAME |
TYPE |
Oper.
Period |
STAGE |
COMMENTS |
|
GARIGLIANO |
BWR |
1964-78 |
-2 |
Large power reactor |
|
LATINA |
GCR |
1963-86 |
-2 |
Large power reactor |
|
CAORSO |
BWR |
1978-86 |
-1 |
Large power reactor |
|
TRINO |
PWR |
1964-87 |
-1 |
Large power reactor |
|
AVOGADRO Compes |
PR |
1959-71 |
2,b |
Small reactor plant |
|
ISPRA-1 (EU) |
HWR |
1958-74 |
-2 |
Small reactor plant |
|
Galileo Galilei,Cisam,Pisa |
PR |
1963-80 |
2 |
Small reactor plant |
|
ESSOR Ispra (EU) |
HWR |
1967-83 |
-2 |
Small reactor plant |
|
LUXEMBOURG |
|
NAME |
TYPE |
Oper.
Period |
STAGE |
COMMENTS |
|
No
decommissioning activities in Luxembourg |
|
NETHERLANDS |
|
NAME |
TYPE |
Oper.
Period |
STAGE |
COMMENTS |
|
DODEWAARD |
BWR |
1968-1997 |
0 |
Small power reactor |
|
PORTUGAL |
|
NAME |
TYPE |
Oper.
Period |
STAGE |
COMMENTS |
|
No
decommissioning activities in Portugal |
|
SPAIN |
|
NAME |
TYPE |
Oper.
Period |
STAGE |
COMMENTS |
|
VANDELLOS 1 |
GCR |
1972-89 |
-2 |
Large power reactor |
|
JEN-1 Madrid |
PR |
1958-87 |
1 |
Small reactor plant |
|
ARBI Bilbao |
Arg |
1962-74 |
1 |
Small reactor plant |
|
ARGOS Barcelona |
Arg |
1963-77 |
-3 |
Small reactor plant |
|
CORAL Madrid |
FBR |
1968-88 |
3 |
Small reactor plant |
|
SWEDEN |
|
NAME |
TYPE |
Oper.
Period |
STAGE |
COMMENTS |
|
BARSEBÄCK 1 |
BWR |
1975-99 |
0 |
Large power reactor |
|
AGESTA |
HWR |
1964-74 |
1 |
Small power reactor |
|
R1 Stockholm |
GR |
1954-70 |
3 |
Zero power research
reactor |
|
KRITZ Studsvik |
PWR |
1959-75 |
3 |
Zero power research
reactor |
|
Alpha-lab Studsvik |
Laboratory |
1960-75 |
3 |
Other installations |
|
UNITED
KINGDOM |
|
NAME |
TYPE |
Oper.
Period |
STAGE |
COMMENTS |
|
DFR Dounreay |
FBR |
1963-77 |
-1 |
Large power reactor |
|
PFR Dounreay |
FBR |
1975-94 |
-1 |
Large power reactor |
|
WAGR Windscale |
AGR |
1962-81 |
-3 |
Large power reactor |
|
SGHWR Winfrith |
HWR |
1968-90 |
-1 |
Large power reactor |
|
BERKELEY 1 |
GCR |
1961-89 |
-2 |
Large power reactor |
|
BERKELEY 2 |
GCR |
1961-88 |
-2 |
Large power reactor |
|
HINKLEY POINT A |
GCR |
1965-2000 |
-1 |
Large power reactor |
|
HUNTERSTON A1 |
GCR |
1964-90 |
-2 |
Large power reactor |
|
HUNTERSTON A2 |
GCR |
1964-89 |
-2 |
Large power reactor |
|
TRAWSFYNYDD 1 |
GCR |
1965-93 |
-2 |
Large power reactor |
|
TRAWSFYNYDD 2 |
GCR |
1965-93 |
-2 |
Large power reactor |
|
WINDSCALE Pile 1 |
GR |
1950-57 |
-2d,e |
Small power reactor |
|
WINDSCALE Pile 2 |
GR |
1951-58 |
-2e |
Small power reactor |
|
Merlin Aldermaston |
PR |
1959-62 |
1 |
Small power reactor |
|
BEPO Harwell |
GR |
1948-68 |
2 |
Small power reactor |
|
DMTR Dounreay |
HWR |
1958-69 |
1 |
Small power reactor |
|
DRAGON Winfrith |
HTR |
1965-76 |
1 |
Small power reactor |
|
ZEBRA |
- |
1967-82 |
2 |
Fast critical assembly |
|
DIDO Harwell |
HWR |
1956-90 |
-1 |
Small power reactor |
|
PLUTO Harwell |
HWR |
1956-90 |
-1 |
Small power reactor |
|
GLEEP |
GR |
1947-90 |
2 |
Small power reactor |
|
NESTOR |
Arg |
1961-95 |
1 |
Small power reactor |
|
B212 Caesium plant (S) |
- |
1956-58 |
-3 |
Other installation |
|
B206 Solvent recovery
(S) |
- |
1952-63 |
-3 |
Other installation |
|
B29 Fuel storage (S) |
- |
1952-64 |
-1 |
Other installation |
|
B205 Fuel reprocessing
(S) |
- |
1957-68 |
-3 |
Other installation |
|
B204 Fuel reprocessing
(S) |
- |
1952-73 |
-3 |
Other installation |
|
B207 Uranium
purification (S) |
- |
1952-73 |
-3 |
Other installation |
|
Co-precipitation plant
(S) |
- |
1969-76 |
? |
Other installation |
|
Uranium enrichment plant
(C) |
- |
1953-82 |
-3 |
Other installation |
|
B100-103 U recovery (S) |
- |
1952-85 |
3,f |
Other installation |
|
B209 Pu finishing plant
(S) |
- |
1953-86 |
-3 |
Other installation |
|
B203 Pu recovery plant
(S) |
- |
1956-86 |
-3 |
Other installation |
|
B30 fuel storage pond
(S) |
- |
1960-86 |
-2 |
Other installation |
|
B277 fast reactor fuel
prod (S) |
- |
1970-88 |
-3 |
Other installation |
|
B205 Pu corridors (S) |
- |
1964-88 |
-3 |
Other installation |
Description of
terms:
REACTOR
TYPES
| GCR |
Gas-cooled reactor |
| HWR |
Heavy Water moderated reactor |
| PWR |
Pressurised water reactor |
| PR |
Pool type reactor |
| FBR |
Fast-breeder reactor |
| BWR |
Boiling water reactor |
| HTR |
High temperature reactor |
| Arg |
Argonaut type reactor |
| AGR |
Advance gas-cooled reactor |
| GR |
Air-cooled graphite reactor |
DECOMMISSIONING STAGES
| 0 |
Decommissioning announced |
| 1 |
Decommissioned to stage 1 |
| 2 |
Decommissioned to stage 2 |
| 3 |
Decommissioned to stage 3 |
| 3* |
Decommissioned to stage 3 without civil engineering |
| -x |
Decommissioning in progress towards stage x |
COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
| a |
Partly converted into a museum |
| b |
Converted into a spent fuel facility |
| c |
Equipment dismantled, building to be reused |
| d |
Contains damaged fuel elements |
| e |
Chimney being partially dismantled |
| f |
Used as radioactive waste store |
| S |
Sellafield (UK) |
| C |
Capenhurst (UK) |
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