Year 1998

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Reprocessing Waste Generated at La Hague, per Country (cubic meters, as of 1 March 1998)

WISE-Paris, October 1998

Country spent fuel reprocessed as of 1 March 1998	France 5 019 tonnes reprocessed	Germany 3 552 tonnes reprocessed	Japan 2 374 tonnes reprocessed	Switzerland 361 tonnes reprocessed	Netherlands 226 tonnes reprocessed	Belgium 592 tonnes reprocessed	Foreign Total Waste 7 105 tonnes reprocessed	TOTAL Waste 12 124 tonnes reprocessed
High-level (vitrified) radioactive waste	8 000	4 591	3 924	451	308	768	10 042	18 042
Intermediate-level radioactive waste	21 088	17 880	9 588	1 861	1 093	2 971	33 393	54 481
Low-level radioactive waste	51 395	36 372	24 310	3 697	2 314	6 062	72 755	124 150
TOTAL, without decommissioning nor virtual waste	80 483	58 843	37 822	6 009	3 715	9 801	116 190	196 673
Virtual solid waste, corresponding to the conditionning of the effluents.	178 837	126 565	84 590	12 863	8 053	21 094	253 165	432 002
Decommissioning waste, mostly very-low-level radioactive, with low-and intermediate- level waste.	163 619	115 795	77 392	11 769	7 368	19 299	231 623	395 242
TOTAL, with decommissioning and virtual waste	422 939	301 203	199 804	30 641	19 136	50 194	600 978	1 023 917

© WISE-Paris 1998

The only waste packages which have been sent back, as of October 1998, are:
3 casks with 128 canisters of vitrified waste for the Japanese customers, corresponding to 156 cubic meters;
2 casks with 84 packages of vitrified waste for the German customers, corresponding to 102 cubic meters.

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