List of nuclear reprocessing plants explained
Note: tHM = ton of heavy metal.
Belgium
List of Belgium Reprocessing Sites!Name!Location!Fuel Type!Procedure!Status!Reprocessing
capacity
(tHM/yr)!Construction
start date!Operation date!Closure!Purpose| Mol | Mol | LWR, MTR (Material Test Reactor) | | | 80 | | 1966 | 1974 | Civil | |
China
List of Chinese Reprocessing Sites!Name!Location!Fuel Type!Procedure!Status!Reprocessing
capacity
(tHM/yr)!Construction
start date!Operation date!Closure!Purpose| Intermediate Pilot Plant | | | | | 60-100 | | 1968 | 1970-1979 | |
| Plant 404 | | | | | 50 | | 2004 | | | |
France
List of French Reprocessing Sites!Name!Location!Fuel Type!Procedure!Status!Reprocessing
capacity
(tHM/yr)!Construction
start date!Operation date!Closure!Purpose| UP-1 | Marcoule | | | | 0.001 | | 1958 | 1997 | Military |
| CEA APM | Marcoule | Fast Breeder | PUREX, DIAMEX, SANEX | | 6 | | 1988 | | Civil |
| UP-2 | La Hague | LWR | PUREX | | 900 | | 1967 | 1974 | Civil |
| UP-2-400 | La Hague | LWR | PUREX | | 400 | | 1976 | 1990 | Civil |
| UP-2-800 | La Hague | LWR | PUREX | | 800 | | 1990 | | Civil |
| UP-3 | La Hague | LWR | PUREX | | 800 | | 1990 | | Civil | |
Germany
List of German Reprocessing Sites!Name!Location!Fuel Type!Procedure!Status!Reprocessing
capacity
(tHM/yr)!Construction
start date!Operation date!Closure!Purpose| Karlsruhe, WAK | | Light Water Reactor | | | 35 | | 1971 | 1990 | Civil | |
Italy
List of Italian Reprocessing Facilities!Name!Location!Fuel Type!Procedure!Status!Reprocessing
capacity
(tHM/yr)!Construction
start date!Operation date!Closure!Purpose| Rotondella | Rotondella | Thorium | | | 5[1] | | | 1968 | | |
India
List of Indian Reprocessing Facilities!Name!Location!Fuel Type!Procedure!Status!Reprocessing
capacity
(tHM/yr)!Construction
start date!Operation date!Closure!Purpose| Trombay | | | PUREX | | 60 | | 1965 | | Military |
| Tarapur | | PHWR | PUREX | | 100 | | 1982 | | Civil |
| Kalpakam | | PHWR, FBTR | PUREX | | 100 | | 1998 | | Civil |
| Tarapur | | PHWR | PUREX | | 100 | | 2011 | | Civil | |
Israel
List of Israeli Reprocessing Facilities!Name!Location!Fuel Type!Procedure!Status!Reprocessing
capacity
(tHM/yr)!Construction
start date!Operation date!Closure!Purpose| Dimona | | | | | 60-100 | | 1960 | | Military | |
Japan
List of Japanese Reprocessing Plants!Name!Location!Fuel Type!Procedure!Status!Reprocessing
capacity
(tHM/yr)!Construction
start date!Operation date!Closure!Purpose| Tokaimura | | LWR | | | 210 | | 1977 | 2006 | Civil |
| Rokkasho | | LWR | | | 800 | 1998 | (2024) | | Civil | |
Pakistan
List of Pakistan Reprocessing Plants!Name!Location!Fuel Type!Procedure!Status!Reprocessing
capacity
(tHM/yr)!Construction
start date!Operation date!Closure!Purpose| New Labs | Rawalpindi | Plutonium/Thorium | | | 80 | | 1982 | | Military |
| Khushab Nuclear Complex | Atomic City of Pakistan | Tritium | | | 0.022 | | 1986 | | Military | |
Russia
List of Russian Reprocessing Plants!Name!Location!Fuel Type!Procedure!Status!Reprocessing
capacity
(tHM/yr)!Construction
start date!Operation date!Closure!Purpose| Plant B | Mayak | | | | 400 | | 1948 | 1960's | Military |
| Plant BBRT-1 | Mayak | LWR | PUREX | | 400 | | 1978 | | Civil |
| Tomsk-7 Radiochemical | Tomsk | | | | 6000 | | 1956 | | Military |
| Krasnoyarsk-26 | Zheleznogorsk | | | | 3500 | | 1964 | 2010 | Military |
| RT-2 | Zheleznogorsk | VVER | PUREX | | 800 | | (2030) | | Civil | |
United Kingdom
United States
List of US Reprocessing Plants!Name!Location!Fuel Type!Procedure!Status!Reprocessing
capacity
(tHM/yr)!Construction
start date!Operation date!Closure!Purpose| Hanford Site | Washington | | REDOX, PUREX | | | | 1944 | 1988 | Military |
| Savannah River Site | South Carolina | LWR | PUREX | | 5000 | | 1952 | 2002 | Civil |
| West Valley | | LWR | PUREX | | 300 | | 1966 | 1972 | Civil |
| Barnwell | | LWR | | |
Notes and References
- Web site: 2015-06-22 . Reprocessing plants, world-wide . 2022-03-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150622040852/http://www.euronuclear.org/info/encyclopedia/r/reprocessing-plants-ww.htm . 22 June 2015 . dead.
- Web site: Job done: Sellafield plant safely completes its mission . 2023-08-24 . GOV.UK . en.
- Web site: Reprocessing ceases at UK's Thorp plant : Waste & Recycling - World Nuclear News . 2023-08-24 . www.world-nuclear-news.org.
