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Nuclear company AREVA’s waste dumping in Russia

Less than 10% of the uranium mass shipped from France to Russia over the past four years “came back”….Considering the fact that the total amount of spent fuel reprocessed in France is about 38,000 tons, a significant share has gone elsewhere. It is clear now that most of it ended up in Russia

End of reprocessed uranium exports to Russia?  Fissile material, By Mycle Schneider on May 29, AREVA’s controversial shipments of uranium wastes from France to Russia could be terminated as early as July 2010, according to media reports and a press release by the French chapter of the environmental group Greenpeace. The uranium waste trade with Russia was highlighted in a television documentary in the fall of 2009 and led to inquiries by the French government and the High Committee for Transparency and Information on Nuclear Security (HCTISN). It is likely that AREVA will stop the shipments to Russia as aconsequence of the significant pressure that has built up around the activity…….

Franco-Russian contracts originally ran up to 2014.

The HCTSIN hearings provided a better overview of the massive material flows between France and Russia. The Department of Defence Security and Economic Intelligence at the Ecology Ministry that is responsible for nuclear material accountancy in France published the following figures:

Uranium Shipments Between France and Russia 2006-2009 (in metric tons)

Less than 10% of the uranium mass shipped from France to Russia over the past four years “came back”….Considering the fact that the total amount of spent fuel reprocessed in France is about 38,000 tons, a significant share has gone elsewhere. It is clear now that most of it ended up in Russia.End of reprocessed uranium exports to Russia? – Fissile material

May 31, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | France, wastes | antinuclear, AREVA, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium