French nuclear fuel cycle company Orano has been authorised to begin dismantling the Georges Besse diffusion enrichment plant at the Tricastin complex in southeastern France. The plant was shut down in June 2012 following 33 years of service and was replaced by the centrifuge-based Georges Besse II plant.

• France
• Uranium
• Spent nuclear fuel
• Nuclear fuel cycle
• Gaseous diffusion

Source: World Nuclear News

Date: Wednesday, 19 February 2020

Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Orano-to-start-dismantling-Georges-Besse-enrichmen

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