∙ 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. They are based on information collected 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 (heading “L’ASN informe/Dossiers pédagogiques/Transport des substances radioactives en France”). The information available to ASN shows that these statistical data are still currently valid. Reprocessing Above-ground disposal 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 UF4 UO2 MOX Spent fuels Uranyl nitrate Natural uranium concentrates La Hague PuO2 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Le Havre Natural uranium concentrates UF6 Natural uranium concentrates Transport operations relating to the “fuel cycle” in France TABLE 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 1 ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2023 273 09 • 09 • Transport of radioactive substances 05 15 08 11 04 14 06 07 13 AP 03 10 02 12 01
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