List of nuclear reprocessing plants
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (July 2022) |
Note: tHM = ton of heavy metal.
Belgium
[edit]| Name | Location | Fuel Type | Procedure | Status | Reprocessing capacity (tHM/yr) |
Construction start date |
Operation date | Closure | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mol | Mol | LWR, MTR (Material Test Reactor) | Shut down | 80 | 1966 | 1974 | Civil |
China
[edit]| Name | Location | Fuel Type | Procedure | Status | Reprocessing capacity (tHM/yr) |
Construction start date |
Operation date | Closure | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate Pilot Plant | Shut down | 60-100 | 1968 | 1970-1979 | |||||
| Plant 404 | Operational | 50 | 2004 |
France
[edit]| Name | Location | Fuel Type | Procedure | Status | Reprocessing capacity (tHM/yr) |
Construction start date |
Operation date | Closure | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UP-1 | Marcoule | Shut down | 0.001 | 1958 | 1997 | Military | |||
| CEA APM | Marcoule | Fast Breeder | PUREX, DIAMEX, SANEX | Operational | 6 | 1988 | Civil | ||
| UP-2 | La Hague | LWR | PUREX | Shut down | 900 | 1967 | 1974 | Civil | |
| UP-2-400 | La Hague | LWR | PUREX | Shut down | 400 | 1976 | 1990 | Civil | |
| UP-2-800 | La Hague | LWR | PUREX | Operational | 800 | 1990 | Civil | ||
| UP-3 | La Hague | LWR | PUREX | Operational | 800 | 1990 | Civil |
Germany
[edit]| Name | Location | Fuel Type | Procedure | Status | Reprocessing capacity (tHM/yr) |
Construction start date |
Operation date | Closure | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karlsruhe, WAK | Light Water Reactor | Shut down | 35 | 1971 | 1990 | Civil |
Italy
[edit]| Name | Location | Fuel Type | Procedure | Status | Reprocessing capacity (tHM/yr) |
Construction start date |
Operation date | Closure | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotondella | Rotondella | Thorium | Shut down | 5[1] | 1968 |
India
[edit]| Name | Location | Fuel Type | Procedure | Status | Reprocessing capacity (tHM/yr) |
Construction start date |
Operation date | Closure | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trombay | PUREX | Operational | 60 | 1965 | Military | ||||
| Tarapur | PHWR | PUREX | Operational | 100 | 1982 | Civil | |||
| Kalpakam | PHWR, FBTR | PUREX | Operational | 100 | 1998 | Civil | |||
| Tarapur | PHWR | PUREX | Operational | 100 | 2011 | Civil |
Israel
[edit]| Name | Location | Fuel Type | Procedure | Status | Reprocessing capacity (tHM/yr) |
Construction start date |
Operation date | Closure | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimona | Shut down | 60-100 | 1960 | Military |
Japan
[edit]| Name | Location | Fuel Type | Procedure | Status | Reprocessing capacity (tHM/yr) |
Construction start date |
Operation date | Closure | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokaimura | LWR | Shut down | 210 | 1977 | 2006 | Civil | |||
| Rokkasho | LWR | Under construction | 800 | 1998 | (2024) | Civil |
Pakistan
[edit]| Name | Location | Fuel Type | Procedure | Status | Reprocessing capacity (tHM/yr) |
Construction start date |
Operation date | Closure | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Labs | Rawalpindi | Plutonium/Thorium | Operational | 80 | 1982 | Military | |||
| Khushab Nuclear Complex | Atomic City of Pakistan | Tritium | Operational | 0.022 | 1986 | Military |
Russia
[edit]| Name | Location | Fuel Type | Procedure | Status | Reprocessing capacity (tHM/yr) |
Construction start date |
Operation date | Closure | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plant B | Mayak | Shut down | 400 | 1948 | 1960's | Military | |||
| Plant BBRT-1 | Mayak | LWR | PUREX | Operational | 400 | 1978 | Civil | ||
| Tomsk-7 Radiochemical | Tomsk | Shut down | 6000 | 1956 | Military | ||||
| Krasnoyarsk-26 | Zheleznogorsk | Shut down | 3500 | 1964 | 2010 | Military | |||
| RT-2 | Zheleznogorsk | VVER | PUREX | Under construction | 800 | (2030) | Civil |
United Kingdom
[edit]| Name | Location | Fuel Type | Procedure | Status | Reprocessing capacity (tHM/yr) |
Construction start date |
Operation date | Closure | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B204 | Sellafield | Magnox | BUTEX | Shut down | 750 | 1956 | 1970s | ||
| B205 | Sellafield | Magnox | PUREX | Shut down | 1500 | 1964 | 2022[2] | ||
| THORP | Sellafield | AGR, LWR | PUREX | Shut down | 900 | 1994 | 2018[3] | ||
| Dounreay | Dounreay | Fast Breeder | Shut down | 8 | 1980 |
United States
[edit]| Name | Location | Fuel Type | Procedure | Status | Reprocessing capacity (tHM/yr) |
Construction start date |
Operation date | Closure | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanford Site | Washington | REDOX, PUREX | Shut down | 1944 | 1988 | Military | |||
| Savannah River Site | South Carolina | LWR | PUREX | Shut down | 5000 | 1952 | 2002 | Civil | |
| West Valley | LWR | PUREX | Shut down | 300 | 1966 | 1972 | Civil | ||
| Barnwell | LWR | Finished; never entered service | 1500 | ||||||
| INL | LWR | Shut down | |||||||
| Morris Operation | Morris, Illinois | Construction halted; never entered service, completion proposed 2013[4] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Reprocessing plants, world-wide". 2015-06-22. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
- ^ "Job done: Sellafield plant safely completes its mission". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
- ^ "Reprocessing ceases at UK's Thorp plant : Waste & Recycling - World Nuclear News". www.world-nuclear-news.org. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
- ^ Themer, Robert. "GE wants fuel reprocessing facility near Morris". Daily Journal. Retrieved 16 July 2023.