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1.6 Management of waste from
small-scale nuclear activities
1.6.1 Management of waste from non-BNI
nuclear activities
The issues and implications
Theuseof unsealed sources innuclearmedicine, biomedical
or industrial research creates solid and liquidwaste: small
laboratory equipment used to prepare sources, medical
equipment used for administration, residues of food eaten
by patients who have received diagnostic or therapeutic
doses, etc. Radioactive liquideffluents alsocome fromsource
preparation as well as from the patients who eliminate
the radioactivity administered to themby natural routes.
The diversity of waste fromsmall-scale nuclear activities,
the large number of establishments producing it and the
radiation protection issues involved have led the public
authorities to regulate the management of the waste
generated by these activities.
Management of disused sealed sources
considered as waste
Sealed sources are used for medical, industrial, research
and veterinary applications (see chapters 9 and10).When
they reach endof life, and if their suppliers donot envisage
their reuse in any way, they are considered radioactive
waste and must be managed as such.
THE MAIN FACILITIES
involved in radioactive waste management
●
Waiting for commissioning
✱
Comes under the status of ICPE
❖
See chapter 13 on the nuclear fuel cycle
■
Creation Authorisation Decree (DAC) pending
▲
Comes under the status of SBNI
La Hague
Saclay
Saint-Laurent-des-Eaux
Morvilliers
Bugey
Tricastin
Marcoule
Cadarache
Malvési
Soulaine-Dhuys
Valduc
packaging
and
storage
Solid
radioactive
waste management
zone
BNI 72
treatment
/
processing
and
packaging
Liquid effluent
management zone
BNI 35
packaging
and
storage
✱
Rotonde
storage
Radioactive waste
storage area
BNI 56
storage
Cedra facility
BNI 164
treatment
Agate facility
BNI 171
storage
■
Diadem
BNI 177
treatment
/
processing
and
packaging
▲
CDS
treatment
/
processing
and
packaging
Centraco
low-level waste
processing facility
BNI 160
treatment
/
processing
and
packaging
▲
STEMA
storage
■
Écrin
BNI 175
disposal
Manche
waste Disposal
Facility (CSM)
BNI 66
treatment
/
processing
,
packaging
and
storage
❖
La Hague
storage
Saint-Laurent-
des-Eaux silos
BNI 74
packaging
and
storage
Aube
repository (CSA)
BNI 149
packaging
,
storage
and
disposal
CIRES
packaging
and
storage
●
ICEDA
BNI 173
storage
Pégase &
Cascad facilities
BNI 22
treatment
/
processing
and
packaging
Effluent Treatment
Station (STE)
BNI 37-B
treatment
/
processing
and
packaging
Solid waste Treatment
Station (STD)
BNI 37-A
sorting
❖
Tricastin
site
BNI 138
storage
▲
Tritiated waste
storage building
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CHAPTER 16:
RADIOACTIVE WASTE AND CONTAMINATED SITES AND SOILS
ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2015