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AREVA sustainable back-end solutions for smooth and optimized nuclear development – June 3, 2015 – Atomexpo 2015 p.1

AREVA sustainable back-end solutions for smooth and optimized nuclear development Ludovic Devos Regional VP, Russia, Ukraine & CIS AREVA

June 3rd, 2015


Content

1. Introduction

2. French back-end approach

3. Addressing today’s world market


Reconditioning for

transport

Encapsulation

Under development

Constraints for

time, space, and

safeguards

Universal canister

Optimized in footprint

(by 4), volume (by 5)

and toxicity (by 10)

Absence of

Constraints for

time, space and

« safeguards »

~10 yrs

Recycling

Used Fuel=

Valuable Material

+ 4% waste

Once-through

Used Fuel = Waste

ERU

Interim - Storage

Final Disposal

Technical and

economical

uncertainties

Two Main Options for Used Fuel Management

Reprocessing-

Recycling

Industrial operations

MOX

LWR and FR


Amount of used fuel will rise by 2030 while disposal and reprocessing capacities will remain limited

LWR Used Fuel

Inventories

LWR Used Fuel

Annual Unloading

Deep geological repository will

remain a scarce resource

2025 - 2040

>2050

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

(1000 tHM)

2030 2013

+70%

0

2 000

4 000

6 000

8 000

10 000

12 000

tHM/Y

2030 2013

+90%

Available reprocessing capacities

will remain well below the needs

Key players of the closed fuel cycle could

coordinate their efforts to address a huge market


Content

1. Introduction



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France’s closed fuel cycle policy has led to significant savings

Depleted Uranium

~120 t/y

MOX

ERU

ENU

~1050 t/y

Uranium mining

and concentration

~ 8000 t/year

Conversion Enrichment

~ 5.5 MUTS/year

58 NPPs

22 with MOX

4 with REPU

430 TWhe /year

Yellow

Cake UF6

Near Surface Disposal

Enriched UF6

Fuel fabrication

Very low, low

and

intermediate

level waste

Fuel

Assemblies

Spent fuel 1200 t/y

Reprocessed

Uranium(RU) Plutonium

Geological

Disposal

UC-V

UC-C

Reprocessing

25 500 tons

Natural Uranium Savings

18 940 tons

Interim Storage savings

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Recycling is a fully available and proven industrial solution with

more than 40 years of experience

A proven industrial performance

1971 1980 1989 1998 2004 2012

MOX URE

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

14000

Performance : equivalent

to UO2 fuel

More than 6700 MOX

FAs already used

in LWRs as of jan. 2012

More than 7200 ERU

FAs already used

in LWRs as of jan. 2012

Assemblies

Source : AREVA

Existing French capacities

~2 140 tHM of MOX fuel

produced as of 2013

La Hague

Melox

29 650 tHM

reprocessed as of 2013

AREVA has an undisputed leadership on the reprocessing/recycling of used fuel

AREVA reprocessing customers


Strict environmental monitoring at La Hague plant

Monitoring is carried out on: atmosphere, land (surface water, grass, milk, etc.), sea (coastal water, seaweed, shellfish, fish, etc.)

A wide range of measurements:

Around 20,000 samples are taken each year

Around 70,000 analyses are performed each year

Gaseous and liquid emissions strictly managed:

Low-level radioactive effluents purified prior to emission

Emissions largely reduced over the years

Full compliance with strict authorizations

Under the control of the authorities, who

also perform their own inspections


No health impact from operation of La Hague plant

From a radiological standpoint, the site’s impact* is

100 times lower than natural radioactivity levels

*Impact calculated since 2004 using a model produced by the GRNC (Groupe Radio-écologie Nord-Cotentin), making allowance for the results of the AREVA public enquiry (1998), for a reference group: population likely

to be the most highly exposed due to its position and lifestyle.

Natural exposure 2,4 mSv / year

AREVA La Hague

< 0,02 mSv / year

mSv


Scenarios for the future of French back-end policy

2025

D: Independence vs.

natU

C: No accumulation

of used fuel

Fast reactors

B: No accumulation

of PWR MOX

Current

fleet

PWR

Coordinated approach by key French players

# 63 GWe


Content

1. Introduction




Historical nuclear utilities are facing major challenges

Recycling is a way to mitigate main risks


Comprehensiveness and flexibility of chosen solutions are key

Storage systems need to be compatible with transport and all possible schemes of used fuel management

Paths for countries considering interim storage must encounter:

Potential delay for centralized storage,

Public / regulatory pressure for emptying Used Fuel pools before saturation, as a safety measure,

difficulty with inter-site transport of Used Fuel (public/regulatory pressure)

On-site dry storageOn-site dry storage

Centralized dry storageCentralized dry storage

Reprocessing

Plant

Or

Direct Disposal

Site

Reprocessing

Plant

Or

Direct Disposal

Site

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Nuclear Power

Plant

Nuclear Power

Plant

Intersite

transfers


Sustainable Cycle Solutions

RECYCLING

WET STORAGE DRY STORAGE

AREVA can provide Sustainable Cycle Solutions

For an optimized, long-term and responsible management of used fuel

RECYCLING & HLW STORAGE INTERIM OPTIONS FOR USED FUEL

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

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