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WORLDWIDE ADVANCES IN RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT - 1999 REPORT

 

ANNEX C

 LILW repositories in nuclear countries
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Country

'98 output TWh (number of units)

Site name

Concept

Capacity

Commissioned

Argentina

693 (2)

Ezeiza

ENSF

 

1970

Brazil

327 (1)

Abadia de Goias

ENSF

 

1996

China

1 346 (3)

Gobi, Gansu

ENSF

20 000 m3

1998

Czech Rep.

1 235 (4)

Richard II

MC

10 500 m3

1964

 

 

Bratrstvi

MC

290 m3

1974

 

 

Dukovany

ENSF

35 000 m3

1994

Finland

2 098 (4)

Olkiluoto

GR

8 500 m3

1992

   

Loviisa

GR

4 000 m3

1998

France

36 840 (58)

Centre de l'Aube

ENSF

1 000 000 m3

1992

Germany

14 520 (20)

Morsleben

GR

54 500 m3

1981

Hungary

1 312 (4)

RHFT Püspökszilagy

ENSF

5 000 m3

1976

India

1 015 (10)

Trombay

S/ENSF

 

1954

   

Tarapur

ENSF

 

1968

   

Rajasthan

ENSF

 

1972

   

Kalpakkam

ENSF

 

1974

   

Narora

ENSF

 

1991

   

Kakrapar

ENSF

 

1993

Japan

30 694 (53)

Rokkasho

ENSF

600 000 m3

1992

   

JAERI, Tokai

SNSF

 

1995

Kazakhstan

9(1)

Almaty

ENSF

   
   

Kurchatov

ENSF

 

1996

   

Ulba

ENSF

 

1996

Mexico

883 (2)

Maquixco

SNSF

 

1972

Netherlands

359 (1)

Borsele

 

 

1991

Pakistan

34 (1)

Kanupp

SNSF

 

1971

Romania

490 (1)

Baita-Bihor

GR

 

1985

   

Pinstech

SNSF

 

1969

Russian Federation

9 538 (29)

Sergiev Posad, Moscow region

ENSF

188 600 m3

1961

   

Sosnovyj Bor, Leningrad region

ENSF

65 000 m3

 
   

Kazan', Tatarstan

ENSF

600 m3

 
   

Volgograd

ENSF

1 800 m3

1990

   

Nizhnij Novgorod

ENSF

1 700 m3

 
   

Irkutsk

ENSF

1 800 m3

 
   

Samara

ENSF

1 200 m3

 
   

Novosibirsk

ENSF

2 460 m3

 
   

Rostov

ENSF

850 m3

1963

   

Saratov

ENSF

1 800 m3

1963

   

Ekaterinburg

ENSF

   
   

Ufa, Bashkortostan

ENSF

600 m3

1986

   

Chelyabinsk

ENSF

2 000 m3

 
   

Khabarovsk

ENSF

2 000 m3

 

South Africa

1 358 (2)

Pelindaba

SNSF

 

1969

   

Vaalputs

SNSF

 

1986

Spain

5 668 (9)

El Cabril

ENSF

58 000 m3

1992

Sweden

7 000 (12)

SFR (Forsmark)

MC

60 000 m3 to 90 000 m3

1988

   

Studsvik

SNSF

1 625 m3

1988

   

Ringhals NPP

SNSF

10 000 m3

1993

UK

9 114 (35)

Dounreay

 

30 000 m3

1957

   

Drigg

S/ENSF

800 000 m3

1959

Ukraine

7 064 (16)

Dnepropetrovsk centre

ENSF

   
   

L'vov centre Odessa centre

ENSF

   
   

Odessa centre

ENSF

   
   

Khar'kov centre

ENSF

   
   

Donetsk centre

ENSF

   

USA

67 370 (104)

RWMC, INEL

S/ENSF

39 000 m3

1952

   

SWSA 6, ORNL

S/ENSF

6 700 m3

1973

   

Disposal area G, LANL

SNSF

280 000 m3

1957

   

Barnwell, South Carolina

SNSF

 

1971

   

200 East Area Burial Ground, Hanford

SNSF

1 228 000 m3

1940s

   

200 West Area Burial Ground (ERDF), Hanford

SNSF

3 900 000 m3

1996

   

Richland, Washington

SNSF

 

1965

   

Savannah River Plant Site

SNSF

1 100 000m3

1953

before 1992 : old repositories

ENSF: Engineered near surface facility

MC: Mined cavity

from 1992 : new repositories

SNSF: Simple near surface facility

GR: Geological repository

 

S/ENSF: SNSF + ENSF

 

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