ASN Report 2020

∙ 400 shipments of fresh uranium-based fuel and some 50 shipments of fresh uranium and plutonium-based “MOX” (Mixed OXydes) fuel; ∙ 2,000 shipments from or to foreign countries or transiting via France, representing about 58,000 packages shipped (industrial, A and B type packages). The statistical data presented in this chapter come from a study conducted by ASN in 2012. It is based on information collected in 2011 from all the consignors of radioactive substances (Basic Nuclear Installations – BNIs, laboratories, hospitals, source suppliers and users, etc.), as well as on reports from the transport safety advisers. A summary is available on asn.fr (“Information” heading). Reprocessing Surface repository By sea Fabrication Enrichment Conversion By road By rail CSA : Aube waste repository Romans-sur-Isère Pierrelatte Marcoule Sète Malvési Natural uranium concentrates Waste Waste UF 4 UO 2 MOX Spent fuels Uranyl nitrate Natural uranium concentrates La Hague PuO 2 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Le Havre Natural uranium concentrates UF 6 Natural uranium concentrates Transport operations relating to the “fuel cycle” in France TABLE 1 Breakdown per mode of transport (rounded figures) APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF PACKAGES AND SHIPMENTS ROAD ROAD AND AIR ROAD AND RAIL ROAD AND SEA ROAD, SEA AND RAIL ROAD, SEA AND AIR Packages approved by ASN Number of packages 18,000 1,300 460 1,900 0 0 Number of shipments 12,500 1,250 380 390 0 0 Packages not requiring approval by ASN Number of packages 870,000 47,000 2,900 6,800 34,500 5,300 Number of shipments 740,000 21,000 530 910 80 5,300 ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2020 269 09 – TRANSPORT OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES 09