The depleted uranium obtained during the enrichment process can be converted into uranium oxide (U3O8) via the defluorination process or the denitration process. Find out more in our Uranium processing page. The Tricastin site has unique expertise in servicing the containers used to transport uranium-bearing materials (48Y and 30B cylinders and provides storage services for its customers. .thngs-to-do-title{font-size:30px;padding-top:20px}.thngs-to-do-txt{font-family:unify sans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px}Things To Do in the Acton AreaThings to do in Acton, Uranium enrichment is the process of raising the concentration of uranium-235 in a feedstock from a natural level of about 0.7% to the 3-5% required for use as fuel in light-water reactors Georges Besse did this by the gaseous diffusion process which is now being supplanted worldwide by centrifuge systems that require far less energy The plant began operating in 1979 and met the enrichment needs of around 100 power reactors in France and around the world A decree authorising Orano to begin dismantling of the Georges Besse plant was published in the Official Journal on 7 February "A new chapter is now opening for the next three decades with the start of the dismantling of the installation," Orano said "These operations will consist of dismantling all the industrial equipment." The project includes the dismantling of the 1400 stages of the diffusion cascade 30,000 tonnes of metallic equipment and more than 1300 kilometres of piping processing units will be installed in the old factory buildings for the cutting and compaction of industrial equipment "Dismantling is a real industrial operation characterised here by the gigantic size of the installation and its equipment," said Philippe Horteur director of end of cycle operations at Orano's Tricastin site Georges Besse and Georges Besse II - which reached its full production capacity of 7.5 million SWU at the end of 2016 - are located at the 650-hectare Tricastin site which is also home to several other nuclear facilities EDF owns the four Tricastin nuclear power reactors that supply 3590 MWe Orano's Comhurex plant converts uranium oxide powder into uranium hexafluoride gas ready for the enrichment process The Pierrelatte facility handles and stores depleted uranium recovered from defluorination after enrichment the FBFC-CERCA plant produces structural parts for nuclear fuel assemblies SOCATRI recovers uranium from used enrichment components and treats industrial discharges from the site In total over 2500 people work at Tricastin Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Discover how Paris 2024 became the most media-covered Olympic Games in history See how the Olympic Games’ communications team supported by Wiztrust’s tailored PR platform overcame complex challenges-from synchronizing teams and managing thousands of journalists to ensuring top-level security Learn how innovative digital tools and expert support enabled Paris 2024 to achieve record-breaking visibility and flawless brand protection Download the full Paris 2024 Success Case now and get inspired by the strategies behind this record-breaking achievement For further information and other cases please visit Wiztrust.com protect your company and 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journalism Will you support our work and become a Vox Member today by Brad Plumer LinkThe Tricastin nuclear power plant site is pictured on November 25 Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty ImagesNuclear power is slowly going out of style atomic energy supplied 17.6 percent of the world’s electricity Today that’s down to just 10.8 percent — and it could drop even further in the years ahead Many reactors are closing — and new reactors have been bogged by delays That's according to the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2014 which charts the rise and fall of nuclear power over time The upshot is that significantly fewer nuclear reactors are in operation today than was the case in 2010 — in large part due to the shutdown of 48 reactors in Japan after the Fukushima disaster only China currently has plans to massively ramp up reactor construction are falling victim to delays and cost overruns Here are six key charts from the report — which I’ve updated with the most recent numbers from 2015: Nuclear electricity generation kept rising during the 1990s until it hit a peak of 2,660 terrawatt-hours in 2006 But then it started falling — and generated just 2,359 Twh of electricity in 2013 nuclear power has been eclipsed by other energy sources — particularly coal and natural gas nuclear power provided 17.6 percent of the world’s electricity As of January 1, 2015, there were 390 reactors in operation around the world — a big drop from a decade ago The biggest reason for that decline is the long-term reactor outages in Japan after Fukushima but only 2 have generated electricity since 2013 and none have produced any electricity in 2014 The biggest reason for the drop has been the reactor outage in Japan That could conceivably change in the future — Japan’s nuclear regulators are still inspecting 17 reactors and have declared two plants in compliance with upgraded safety rules But it’s not clear how many reactors will ever restart since nuclear power still faces sizable public opposition in Japan The United States has also seen the early retirement of 5 nuclear reactors since 2012 — in Florida, Wisconsin, Vermont, and two in California. Some of those reactors were simply too pricey to keep open in the face of rising maintenance costs and competition from cheap natural gas and wind power The United States still generates more electricity from nuclear power than any country in the world — about twice as much as France France still gets 75% of its electricity from nuclear power getting roughly 75 percent of its electricity from nuclear and Hungary also get about half their power from nuclear (The United States gets just 19 percent of its electricity from nuclear — a consequence of the fact that the country is so huge.) Note that most countries are generating less electricity from nuclear than they have at their historical peak — particularly Germany and Japan The chart above shows the number of “reactors under construction” worldwide. The number has grown since 2005 — and was at 65 as of January 1 That’s way below the peak in the 1970s and 1980s 49 of the 67 reactors under construction have faced delays It’s also worth noting that this number can mask many of the difficulties in building new reactors. Eight of those reactors have been “under construction” for more than 20 years — including the US Watts Bar Unit 2 project in Tennessee was stalled for years and then restarted recently and is hoping to get connected to the grid by 2015 the report notes that 49 of those reactors under construction have met with significant delays ranging from several months to several years Nuclear reactors are expensive and take a long time to build They can face all sorts of obstacles in the meantime — from cost overruns to complex licensing processes to regulatory hurdles to popular opposition (the latter recently blocked construction of two reactors in Taiwan) “Past experience shows that simply having an order for a reactor or even having a nuclear plant at an advanced stage of construction is no guarantee for grid connection and power production,” the report notes The report notes that four-fifths of new construction is taking place in Asia and Eastern Europe China is the only country on a large nuclear reactor building spree 'next generation' reactors have run into problems China’s two next-generation Taishan plants have run into fewer problems but they’re expected to be more than a year late and won’t be online until at least 2015 The chart above shows how long the world’s existing reactors are likely to last in the decades ahead unless the world goes on a frenzy of new construction nuclear power will nearly vanish by mid-century We'd need to build 400 reactors between now and 2059 just to maintain existing capacity Here’s how the authors figure: Without new construction the average age of the world’s nuclear reactors has now reached 28.5 years Many reactors may shut down once they hit 40 years although some will likely get extended for longer than that (at a cost of $1 billion or more) many reactors were initially licensed to last 40 years although they can apply for a 20-year extension — and 72 of the 100 existing reactors have received government permission to keep operating for 60 years all of the world’s current reactors will have to retire — as the chart above shows the report pegs this date at sometime in the 2050s That means the world will have to build around 394 additional reactors between now and then just to maintain existing capacity And if nuclear power is to expand above current levels the world isn’t even building enough reactors to maintain existing capacity — let alone ramping up Understand the world with a daily explainer plus the most compelling stories of the day UnexplainableApr 23The real quest for fake bloodLab-grown blood could save tens of thousands of lives. 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Greenpeace is asking Francois Hollande to close the Tricastin plant which is among the five most dangerous in France," Yannick Rousselet in charge of nuclear issues for Greenpeace France "If being physically able to touch the reactors is not being in a sensitive place I don't know what is," Rousselet told Reuters "People with bad intentions could have posed a threat to the reactor's safety." A Greenpeace campaigner is arrested Monday at a nuclear power plant in France.AFP / Philippe Desmazes / GettyMost of Monday's protesters were arrested by 8:30 a.m ET) but around eight of them were still clinging to metal structures and ladders the incident did not have any impact on the facility's safety," France's nuclear safety agency ASN said The agency did not include Tricastin in a list released in April of six nuclear plants with the lowest safety performance in 2012 The action echoed tensions between the Socialist government and ecologists who accuse Hollande of not doing enough to reduce France's reliance on nuclear power and increase the use of renewable sources of energy The president has pledged to cut the share of nuclear energy in the country's electricity mix to 50 percent from 75 percent by 2025 He has also said he wants to close the country's oldest plant at Fessenheim Hollande would have to close at least 10 reactors by 2017 and 20 by 2020 The campaign group said this ought to include Tricastin The dawn raid came less than a week after six female Greenpeace activists climbed London's Shard, the tallest building in Western Europe, in protest over plans by oil producer Royal Dutch Shell to carry out drilling in the Arctic circle. Looking to access paid articles across multiple policy topics Interested in policy insights for EU professional organisations French plans to ring-fence EDF’s nuclear arm from the rest of the power giant have triggered differences between Paris and Brussels over how it should be structured according to a source close to the discussions A general view on nuclear power plant of Tricastin, in Pierrelatte, France, 18 March 2011. [EPA-EFE/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO] Eastern EU countries have a positive opinion of nuclear energy while others like Belgium and Spain are shifting against, says Yves Desbazeille. The big question for the industry is whether Germany will turn even more anti-nuclear than it already is, he says. EURACTIV Slovakia reports. The gas and nuclear industries have ramped up lobbying to secure last-ditch changes to European rules defining which investments are sustainable fearing that exclusion from a new “green” list could deprive them of billions of dollars of funding Growing competition from cheap renewable electricity and rising costs of new plants are slowly driving nuclear power over the edge – except in Russia and China where the industry continues to enjoy extensive state support The Local Europe ABVästmannagatan 43113 25 StockholmSweden Please log in to leave a comment Javascript Menu by Deluxe-Menu.com GBR) - Britain agreed on Monday the construction of its first nuclear plant in 20 years to a consortium of state-backed French and Chinese firms underlining its controversial commitment to atomic power The govenment has signed a Â£16-billion ($26-billion 18.9-billion-euro) deal with French energy giant EDF to build two reactors at Hinkley Point C Also involved in the contract are French group Areva -- the world's leading nuclear power company -- and Chinese nuclear firms CGNPC and CNNC Britain has placed nuclear at the heart of its low-carbon energy policy in stark contrast to Europe's biggest economy Germany which has vowed to phase out nuclear power in the wake of Japan's 2011 Fukushima disaster The British deal could meanwhile potentially push domestic energy prices up even higher according to experts and risks stoking a political row over soaring living costs in Britain The project is aimed at providing Britain with secure and reliable low-carbon electricity "Today we have a deal for the first nuclear power station in a generation to be built in Britain," said Prime Minister David Cameron who heads a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government "This also marks the next generation of nuclear power in Britain which has an important part to play in contributing to our future energy needs and our longer-term security of supply." while China General Nuclear Corporation (CGN) and China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) will together take a 30-40 percent stake Areva will take a 10-percent stake in the project Areva shares jumped by more than 5.0 percent in midday Paris trade The French presidency hailed the agreement as a â??historic investmentâ?? after a telephone conversation between Francois Hollande and Cameron Next generation of nuclear power in Britain A statement from the Elysee Palace said that both leaders â??welcomed the success of talks between EDF and British authorities on the project to build two.. The statement said that â??this historic investment which illustrates the vitality of bialterial French-British cooperation will boost employment in the two countriesâ? and it will â??strengthen our industries and our skills in engineering manufacturing and construction in the French sectorâ?? The accord guarantees an agreed price for the electricity at Â£92.50 per megawatt hour -- which is about double the prevailing market rate in Britain -- for 35 years This price could fall to Â£89.50 per megawatt hour if EDF's plans for two nuclear reactors in Sizewell the government will pay the difference if the market price for electricity falls underneath this guaranteed level -- and the money will be funded by levies on domestic energy bills British anti-nuclear campaigners slammed the deal and urged the government to focus on renewable sources like wind and solar power Deal boosts jobs 'on both sides of Channel' "Instead of subsidising nuclear energy production the government should be investing more in safe clean and affordable renewable energy," said Kate Hudson general secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) Safety has been a huge concern for Japan's nuclear industry since a massive earthquake and tsunami ravaged the country's northeast coast and triggered a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in March 2011 Britain chas 16 nuclear reactors which provide about 20 percent of the country's energy needs the two new reactors will be able to produce seven percent of Britain's electricity A new power station plans to be operational by 2023 became the third major energy supplier to hike domestic prices in Britain SSE and British Gas also raised their prices ahead of the winter has vowed to freeze domestic energy prices for 20 months if he wins the next general election in 2015