In 2021, the volume of radioactive waste stored or to be stored in France was around 1.8 million cubic meters. Over one million of them were of low-to-intermediate or very low radioactivity and required short-term management. The remaining eight percent of the total nuclear waste present on the French territory in 2021 had a lifetime of hundreds of thousands of years. France is currently developing the project of a deep geological disposal facility to store high-level and intermediate-level radioactive waste.
Volume of radioactive waste stored or to be stored in France in 2021, by level of radioactivity (in cubic meters)
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Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs, und Ministère de la Transition écologique et de la Cohésion des territoires. "Volume of radioactive waste stored or to be stored in France in 2021, by level of radioactivity (in cubic meters)." Chart. February 9, 2023. Statista. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/463624/france-radioactive-waste-nuclear-industry-by-type/
Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs, Ministère de la Transition écologique et de la Cohésion des territoires. (2023). Volume of radioactive waste stored or to be stored in France in 2021, by level of radioactivity (in cubic meters). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/463624/france-radioactive-waste-nuclear-industry-by-type/
Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs, and Ministère de la Transition écologique et de la Cohésion des territoires. "Volume of Radioactive Waste Stored or to Be Stored in France in 2021, by Level of Radioactivity (in Cubic Meters)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/463624/france-radioactive-waste-nuclear-industry-by-type/
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Volume of radioactive waste stored or to be stored in France in 2021, by level of radioactivity (in cubic meters) [Graph], Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs, & Ministère de la Transition écologique et de la Cohésion des territoires, February 9, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/463624/france-radioactive-waste-nuclear-industry-by-type/