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LIST
of Basic Nuclear Installations delicensed and undergoing decommissioning as at 31st December 2015
INSTALLATION
LOCATION
BNI
TYPE OF INSTALLATION COMMISSIONED FINAL SHUTDOWN LAST REGULATORY
ACTS
CURRENT STATUS
ÉLAN IIB La Hague
47
Caesium-137
source fabrication
1970
1973
2013: decommissioning
decree
Decommissioning in process
High Activity Laboratory
(LHA) Saclay
49
Laboratory
1960
1996
2008: final shutdown
and decommissioning
(MAD-DEM) decree
Decommissioning in process
ATUE Cadarache
52
Uranium processing
1963
1997
2006: final shutdown
and decommissioning
(MAD-DEM) decree
Decommissioning in process
LAMA Grenoble
61
Laboratory
1968
2002
2008: final shutdown
and decommissioning
(MAD-DEM) decree
Delicensing in process
SICN Veurey-Voroize
65 et 90
Fuel fabrication plant
1963
2000
2006: final shutdown
and decommissioning
(MAD-DEM) decree
Delicensing in process
HAO (High Level Oxide)
Facility (La Hague)
80
Transformation of
radioactive substances
1974
2004
2009: final shutdown
and decommissioning
(MAD-DEM) decree
Decommissioning in process
ATPu Cadarache
32
Fuel fabrication plant
1962
2003
2009: final shutdown
and decommissioning
(MAD-DEM) decree
Decommissioning in process
LPC Cadarache
54
Laboratory
1966
2003
2009: final shutdown
and decommissioning
(MAD-DEM) decree
Decommissioning in process
Superphénix
Creys-Malville
91
Reactor (3,000 MWth)
1985
1997
2009: final shutdown
and decommissioning
(MAD-DEM) decree
Decommissioning in process
Comurhex Tricastin
105
Uranium chemical
transformation plant
1979
2009
Preparation for final shutdown
LURE
(former BNI 106)
Particle accelerators
From 1956 to 1987
2008
2015: removed from BNI list
Cleaned out AIC(***)
Procédé FAR
165
Grouping of former process
installations
2006
2006: final shutdown
and decommissioning
(MAD-DEM) decree
Decommissioning in process
Support FAR
166
Waste packaging and
processing
2006
2006: final shutdown
and decommissioning
(MAD-DEM) decree
Decommissioning in process
Ulysse Saclay
18
Reactor (100 kW)
1967
2007
2014: final shutdown
and decommissioning
(MAD-DEM) decree
Decommissioning in process
Phénix Marcoule
71
Reactor (536 MWth)
1973
2009
Preparation for
decommissioning
* Attila: reprocessing pilot located in a unit of BNI 57.
** Institutional controls.
*** Active institutional controls.
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ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2015