energy nuclear uses
The agency manages, operates and monitors radioactive waste disposal centres, it designs and builds new centres for waste that cannot be handled by existing facilities.
It defines specifications for the conditioning, acceptance and disposal of radioactive waste, in compliance with applicable safety rules, the use of radioactivity generates radioactive waste, classified according to two criteria.
The intensity of radioactivity, which determines the levels of protection required to manage the waste effectively, the ''''lifetime'''' of most of the radioelements present, defining how long the waste will remain potentially harmful, each type of waste calls for specific management.
Andra, National Radioactive Waste Management Agency
The aim of long-term radioactive waste management is to protect human health and the environment against any emission or dissemination of radioactive materials, waste repository concepts adapted to each type of waste must isolate radioactive materials from the environment until their radioactivity has decayed to an acceptable level.
This implies perfectly controlled management of radioactive waste, from production through conditioning to final disposal, the Manche waste disposal facility.
After 25 years of service and with 527 214 m3 of low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste, the Manche waste disposal facility has allowed Andra to define a waste repository concept that is recognised throughout the world, starting out as a simple in-trench disposal site, the Manche facility saw rapid development, today, it is covered by a leaktight cover designed chiefly to prevent water from flowing on the waste packages.
The end of the operational phase does not mean the end of the facility, in January 2003, it officially entered its monitoring phase and will be placed under particularly active surveillance for 10 years.
industrial waste disposal
industrials wastes
The french National Radiactive Waste Management Agency is responsible for the long-term management of all radioactive watse in France and for the conduct of investigations on its disposal in deep geological formation.
