Belgium

List of Belgium Reprocessing Sites
Name Location Fuel Type Procedure Status Reprocessing Capacity

(tHM/yr)

 Construction start date Operation date Closure Purpose
Mol Mol LWR, MTR (Material Test Reactor) Shut down 80 1966 1974 Civil

China

List of Chinese Reprocessing Sites
Name Location Fuel Type Procedure Status Reprocessing Capacity

(tHM/yr)

 Construction start date Operation date Closure Purpose
Intermediate Pilot Plant Shut down 60-100 1968 1970-1979
Plant 404 Operational 50 2004

Germany

List of German Reprocessing Sites
Name Location Fuel Type Procedure Status Reprocessing Capacity

(tHM/yr)

 Construction start date Operation date Closure Purpose
Karlsruche, WAK Light Water Reactor Shut down 35 1971 1990 Civil

France

List of French Reprocessing Sites
Name Location Fuel Type Procedure Status Reprocessing Capacity

(tHM/yr)

 Construction start date Operation date Closure Purpose
UP-1 Marcoule Shut down 0.001 1958 1997 Military
CEA APM Marcoule Fast Breeder PUREX, DIAMEX, SANEXOperational 6 1988 Civil
UP-2 La Hague LWR PUREXShut down 900 1967 1974 Civil
UP-2-400 La Hague LWR PUREXShut down 400 1976 1990 Civil
UP-2-800 La Hague LWR PUREXOperational 800 1990 Civil
UP-3 La Hague LWR PUREXOperational 800 1990 Civil

United Kingdom

List of UK Reprocessing Sites
Name Location Fuel Type Procedure Status Reprocessing Capacity

(tHM/yr)

 Construction start date Operation date Closure Purpose
B204 Sellafield Magnox BUTEXShut down 750 1956 1970's
B205 Sellafield Magnox PUREXShut down 1500 1964 2022[1]
THORP Sellafield AGR, LWR PUREXShut down 900 1994 2018[2]
Dounreay Dounreay Fast Breeder Shut down 8 1980

Italy

List of Italian Reprocessing Facilities
Name Location Fuel Type Procedure Status Reprocessing Capacity

(tHM/yr)

 Construction start date Operation date Closure Purpose
Rotondella Rotondella Thorium Shut down 5[3] 1968

India

List of Indian Reprocessing Facilities
Name Location Fuel Type Procedure Status Reprocessing Capacity

(tHM/yr)

 Construction start date Operation date Closure Purpose
Trombay PUREXOperational 60 1965 Military
Tarapur PHWR PUREXOperational 100 1982 Civil
Kalpakam PHWR, FBTR PUREXOperational 100 1998 Civil
Tarapur PHWR PUREXOperational 100 2011 Civil

Israel

List of Israeli Reprocessing Facilities
Name Location Fuel Type Procedure Status Reprocessing Capacity

(tHM/yr)

 Construction start date Operation date Closure Purpose
Dimona Shut down 60-100 1960 Military

Japan

List of Japanese Reprocessing Plants
Name Location Fuel Type Procedure Status Reprocessing Capacity

(tHM/yr)

 Construction start date Operation date Closure Purpose
Tokaimura LWR Shut down 210 1977 2006 Civil
Rokkasho LWR Under construction 800 1998 (2024) Civil

Pakistan

List of Pakistan Reprocessing Plants
Name Location Fuel Type Procedure Status Reprocessing Capacity

(tHM/yr)

 Construction start date Operation date Closure Purpose
New Labs Rawalpindi Plutonium/Thorium Operational 80 1982 Military
Khushab Nuclear Complex Atomic City of Pakistan Tritium Operational 0.022 1986 Military

Russia

List of Russian Reprocessing Plants
Name Location Fuel Type Procedure Status Reprocessing Capacity

(tHM/yr)

 Construction start date Operation date Closure Purpose
Plant B Mayak Shut down 400 1948 1960's Military
Plant BBRT-1 Mayak LWR PUREXOperational 400 1978 Civil
Tomsk-7 Radiochemical Tomsk Shut down 6000 1956 Military
Krasnoyarsk-26 Zheleznogorsk Shut down 3500 1964 2010 Military
RT-2 Zheleznogorsk VVER PUREXUnder construction 800 (2030) Civil

United States

List of American Reprocessing Plants
Name Location Fuel Type Procedure Status Reprocessing Capacity

(tHM/yr)

 Construction start date Operation date Closure Purpose
Hanford Site Washington REDOX, PUREXShut down 1944 1988 Military
Savannah River Site Savannah River Site LWR PUREXShut down 5000 1952 2002 Civil
West Valley LWR PUREXShut down 300 1966 1972 Civil
Barnwell LWR Finished; never entered service 1500
INL LWR Shut down
Morris Operation Morris, Illinois Construction halted; never entered service, completion proposed 2013[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Job done: Sellafield plant safely completes its mission". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  2. ↑ "Reprocessing ceases at UK's Thorp plant : Waste & Recycling - World Nuclear News". www.world-nuclear-news.org. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  3. ↑ "Reprocessing plants, world-wide". 2015-06-22. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
  4. ↑ Themer, Robert. "GE wants fuel reprocessing facility near Morris". Daily Journal. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
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