Welcome to the Aube disposal facilities

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1 Welcome to the Aube disposal facilities Monday, March, 21 rst NATIONAL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT AGENCY

2 Table of content Introduction : Andra and its missions Radioactive waste classification CSFMA : Disposal of short life low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste concept some figures the environment CSTFA : Disposal of very-low-level radioactive waste concept some figures the environment 2 National radioactive waste management Agency

3 National radioactive waste management Agency 1979 : creation of Andra within the Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) 1991 : the Waste Act transforming Andra into an independent public industrial and commercial organisation Supervised by the Ministries in charge of Industry, Research and the Environment 2006 : a planning Act setting radioactive waste management objectives, redefining Andra s missions and laying down its financing procedures Financing - Research additional tax paid by Nuclear basic Installations operators - Industrial activities commercial contracts with waste producers - Public service mission public financing 3 National radioactive waste management Agency

4 Andra s missions An industrial mission : to design, site, build and operate disposal facilities (Aube and Manche) A research mission : participation in defining and contributing to research programmes on the long-term management of radioactive waste An information mission : listing the location, nature and quantities of all existing and future radioactive waste A public service mission : cleaning up contaminated sites 4 National radioactive waste management Agency

5 Andra s sites Centre Meuse/Haute-Marne Laboratoire de recherche et Espace Technologique More than 500 employees 5 National radioactive waste management Agency

6 Radioactive waste classification 6 National radioactive waste management Agency

7 Radioactive waste Short-lived waste Long-lived waste Very low level Waste from dismantling operations Centre de Morvilliers Centre de Morvilliers (waste from dismantling operations) Low level Intermediate level Operating waste from NPPs Centre Aube + Centre MANCHE Radium-bearing, graphite waste Studies stage High level Waste from reprocessing plants Disposal site to be commissioned in National radioactive waste management Agency

8 Disposal of short life low- and intermediate-level waste 8 National radioactive waste management Agency

9 The CSM repository (Manche district) 527,000 m 3 of LIL waste disposed of from 1969 to 1994, over 10 ha. Post-closure monitoring phase begun in National radioactive waste management Agency

10 The CSFMA waste disposal facility Commissioned : 13 January 1992 Footprint : 95 ha including 30 ha for the disposal zone Disposal capacity : 1,000,000 m 3 The lifetime of the CSFMA includes a disposal phase followed by a 300 years monitoring period Staff: 205 p Initial investment : 221 million history 10 National radioactive waste management Agency

11 The surface disposal concept Three barriers to isolate radioactive waste from the environment (in compliance with the RFS1.2 framework) The package (1 rst barrier) The disposal cell and the future cap (2 nd barrier) The site geology (3 rd barrier) 11 National radioactive waste management Agency

12 A few figures by the end National radioactive waste management Agency

13 Disposal volumes CSFMA with a capacity of m 3 was originally planned for 30 years of operations Since 1992 Disposed volume : 243,225 m 3 (24.3% of total capacity) Number of closed cells : 106 Currently Disposed volume/year : around 12,000 m 3 Reasons for lower than expected disposed volume : - waste producers efficiency : Centraco starts metal smeltering and combustible waste incineration : CSTFA starts for Very Low Level Waste disposal As a consequence, the expected lifetime of the CSFMA has been extended to 60 years of operations More 13 National radioactive waste management Agency

14 Delivery breakdown for 2010 (volume) 6,2% 8,1% 46,3% Nuclear power plants CEA (Atomic energy) Reprocessing (Areva) Others 39,4% 14 National radioactive waste management Agency

15 On-site treatment plants Drum compaction unit Around 11,000 compacted drums annually Grouting unit Around 500 packages injected annually 15 National radioactive waste management Agency

16 Monitoring the environment 16 National radioactive waste management Agency

17 The CSFMA environmental monitoring plan Statutory plan approved by the French nuclear safety authority Objectives: To check the absence of impact To respect regulatory requirements To detect any abnormal situations Results transmitted to : ASN (French nuclear safety authority), IRSN (radioprotection and nuclear safety institute) and the national measurement network Annual meeting of the Cli (local information commission) on environmental monitoring Main results published in the Internet 17 National radioactive waste management Agency

18 Monitoring the environment Radiological monitoring Nearly 12,000 analyses of surface waters (rivers, streams) and groundwater, air, sediments, food chain, vegetation, milk... Reference point: ecological and radiation state in 87/88 and 90/91 Non-radiological monitoring Chemical and physico-chemical analyses of water, ecology, noise and vibrations,... Monitoring of the ecology of the various surrounding environment 18 National radioactive waste management Agency

19 Disposal of very-low-level radioactive waste 19 National radioactive waste management Agency

20 The CSTFA waste disposal facility Commissioned : 14 August 2003 Footprint : 45 ha including 28.5 ha for the disposal zone Disposal capacity : 650,000 m 3 The lifetime of the CSTFA includes a 30 years disposal phase followed by a 30 years monitoring period Staff: 30p Initial investment : 40 million milestones 20 National radioactive waste management Agency

21 The disposal facility concept 21 National radioactive waste management Agency

22 The disposal cell 22 National radioactive waste management Agency

23 A few figures by end National radioactive waste management Agency

24 Disposal volumes Since 2003 Disposed volume : 174,384 m 3 or 26.8% of the total capacity Number of closed cells : 9 Currently Annual disposed volume : 31,000 m 3 Cell n 10 in operation Number of packages volume (m3) National radioactive waste management Agency

25 Delivery breakdown for 2010 (volume) 14,5% 3,4% 32,4% AREVA CEA (Atomic energy) EDF (Nuclear power plants) Others 49,6% 25 National radioactive waste management Agency

26 Compaction unit A scrap-baling press for plastics m 3 compacted in 2010 A packing press for light scrap metal m 3 compacted in National radioactive waste management Agency

27 Monitoring the environment 27 National radioactive waste management Agency

28 The CSTFA environmental monitoring plan Objectives: Prefectorial order of 26 June 2003 To respect regulatory requirements To detect any abnormal situations Radiological and physico-chemical monitoring of: Groundwater, on-site surface water (storm basin water, runoff water), off-site runoff water Sediments Atmospheric discharges Dosimetry at the facility fence line Lixiviation water (water possibly found at the bottom of cells) Communication of main results : Clis (local information and monitoring commission), annual report, etc. 28 National radioactive waste management Agency

29 Thank you 29 National radioactive waste management Agency

30 CSFMA milestones 19 June 1984 : government decision to build a new waste disposal facility (as CSM will soon reach its full capacity ) October 1984 September 1985 : site characterisation work (Indre, Vienne, Aube and two possible towns, Cholet and Neuvy-le-Roi) June 1986 : the Aube site is selected September November 1986 : public enquiry October 1988 October 1991 : building licence and construction of the facility 4 September 1989 : repository licence (as Nuclear basic installation) is granted by Decree 24 December 1991 : commissioning 13 January 1992 : operation begins back 30 National radioactive waste management Agency

31 Delivery percentage according to shipping mode (road versus railway) 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% Road Railway 30% 20% 10% 0% 31 National radioactive waste management Agency

32 Delivered volumes since Number of waste packages Volume (m3) bac k 32 National radioactive waste management Agency

33 Outreach scheme A lump sum of 5.18 M for economic and tourism development (collective equipments and facilities, restoration of heritage, etc.) Allocated to : The 3 municipalities of the site (Soulaines-Dhuys, La Ville-aux-Bois, Epothémont) The 10 other municipalities involved in the public enquiry back 33 National radioactive waste management Agency

34 CSTFA milestones : Licensing process with the Aube district Prefecture Mid-2001: 1 st public enquiry relative to the public utility of the project and the clearing of the forest for the future facility Mid-2002: 2 nd public enquiry relative to the repository license (regarding installations classified on environment protection ICPE) and the building licence application 9 August 2002: building license granted by prefectural order 26 June 2003: repository license granted by prefectural order 34 National radioactive waste management Agency bac k

35 Socio-economic data (2009) Operating costs : 48.5 M Direct local taxes: 7.8 M, i.e. 5.3 M in local business tax 2.5 M in land tax The average cost of the disposed of cubic meter: 3200 for FMA Xxx including monitoring costs Outreach scheme 35 National radioactive waste management Agency

36 Socio-economic data (2009) Operating costs: xx M Direct local taxes: xx M, i.e. xx M in local business tax xx M in land tax The average cost of the disposed of cubic meter: 420 for CSTFA Xxx including monitoring costs Outreach scheme 36 National radioactive waste management Agency