- 218 - 1.2.2 Fuel cycle facilities The Tricastin site The Tricastin site is located on the Pierrelatte plain between the River Rhone and the DonzèreMondragon Canal. Apart from the nuclear facilities of the AREVA Group considered as high-priority, it accommodates the BNIs of other licensees: The Tricastin NPP, a BNIS of the CEA, other facilities of the AREVA Group: FBFC (production of reference standard radioactive sources), installations classified on environmental protection grounds (ICPEs) - SODEREC in particular - which treats the hydrofluoric acid produced by the facilities of AREVA NC and TRIADE (service activities for the BNIs). The nearest urban areas are Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux (8,800 inhabitants) situated 3 km to the east, Pierrelatte (13,000 inhabitants) 4 km to the north north-west, and Lapalud (3,500 inhabitants) 4km to the south-west. They are not situated downwind of the prevailing winds, the main one being the Mistral blowing from the north. The main communication routes and infrastructures follow the natural line of the Rhodanian corridor.
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