The French National Plan for the Management of Radioactive Materials and Waste (PNGMDR) 2022-2026 asks CEA and the industrialists to assess the environmental impacts of different spent fuel reprocessing options for evolving nuclear reactor fleets.Within the new starting fleet, comprising 1650 MW EPR2 reactors, three options have been considered.A life-cycle assessment (LCA) has been performed through a model using GaBi™ software, enabling to determine the most impacting factors along the different stages of the nuclear cycles.
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