Nuclear Reprocessing - List of Sites

List of Sites

Country Reprocessing site Fuel type Procedure Reprocessing
capacity tU/yr		 Commissioning
or operating period
Belgium Mol LWR, MTR (Material test reactor) 80 1966–1974
China intermediate pilot plant 60–100 1968-early 1970s
China Plant 404 50 2004
Germany Karlsruhe, WAK LWR 35 1971–1990
France Marcoule, UP 1 Military 1,200 1958-1997
France Marcoule, CEA APM FBR PUREX DIAMEX SANEX 6 1988–present
France La Hague, UP 2 LWR PUREX 900 1967–1974
France La Hague, UP 2–400 LWR PUREX 400 1976–1990
France La Hague, UP 2–800 LWR PUREX 800 1990
France La Hague, UP 3 LWR PUREX 800 1990
UK Windscale Magnox 1,000 1956–1962
UK Sellafield, B205 Magnox PUREX 1,500 1964
UK Dounreay FBR 8 1980
UK THORP LWR PUREX 1,200 1990
Italy Rotondella Thorium 5 1968 (shutdown)
India Trombay Military PUREX 60 1965
India Tarapur PHWR 100 1982
India Kalpakkam PHWR and FBTR 100 1998
India Tarapur PHWR 100 2011
Japan Tokaimura LWR 210 1977-2006
Japan Rokkasho LWR 800 2005
Pakistan New Labs, Rawalpindi Military/Plutonium/Thorium 80 1982 – present
Pakistan Khushab Nuclear Complex, Atomic City of Pakistan HWR/Military/Tritium 22 kg 1986 – present
Russia Mayak Plant B Military 400 1948-196?
Russia Mayak Plant BB, RT-1 LWR PUREX + Np separation 400 1978
Russia Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk-26), RT-2 VVER 1,500 under construction
USA, WA Hanford Site Military bismuth phospate, REDOX, PUREX 1944–present
USA, SC Savannah River Site Military/LWR/HWR/Tritium PUREX, REDOX, THOREX, Np separation 5000 1952–2002
USA, NY West Valley LWR PUREX 300 1966–1972

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