Diapositive 1

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Partnering for a leading industry nuclear
fuels recycling by AREVA
Isabelle Leboucher, Serge Runge
VP CIS Eastern Europe region
ATOMEXPO 2009 - Moscow May 27, 2009
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The tripod of used fuels management
RD Process Development Innovation
Engineering Process Implementation
Improvement
Know how Operation Process Qualification
Optimisation
Building strong partnerships is the only way to
master the tripod
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RD Process development Innovation

• Rosatom AREVA
• More than 10 years of collaboration on Fuel
  fabrication, waste and effluents treatment
• Pre-concept studies, technical seminars
• Various institutes involved
• VNIIM , VNIPIET
• Institute Khlopin, NIIAR, GKhK, Mayak, SCC
  (Seversk)
• CEA AREVA historical RD partnership
• Preparing future of recycling
• Continuous improvement coex, vitrification,

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Engineering Process Implementation
continuous improvement

• Partnership helps
• Industrys localisation with development of
  subcontractors
• Bringing best practises with capitalisation on
  various experiences
• Few examples in 2008
• Savannah River Remediation consortium
• Treatment disposal effluents Savannahs site
• AREVA, URS, Babcock Wilcox, Bechtel, CH2M Hills
  constructors
• Washington River Protection Solutions LLC
• Management of Hanford site tank cleanup and
  dismantling program
• AREVA, URS, Energy solutions

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Know how operation Process qualification
optimisation
In order to accelerate solving technical problems
and to improve plant operation, the NDA decided
to call on non domestic complementary skills

• Signed in 2005 an agreement with British Nuclear
  Group for technical support pertaining to
  performance improvement of the Thorp
  vitrification facility
• NMP to become the owner of Sellafield Ltd.
  shares on November 24, under a transition
  agreement announced October 6 by Sellafield's
  owner, the UK NDA

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International cooperation for nuclear
development

• START agreement to reduce plutonium stockpiles
  from Weapons
• AIDA MOX to reduce Russian stockpile (AREVA, .)
• US decision to convert 34 tons of weapon grade
  Plutonium into MOX fuel for LWR, MFFF
  construction starting in 2007
• Studies on a similar plant in Russia with Russian
  and US partners
• 2008 Russian decision to burn Pu in FBR

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Recycling in the US
AREVA consortium

• Consortium was built to answer to GNEP
  initiative
• AREVA (recycling leader), MHI (FBR leader) and
  JNFL (recycling)
• Washington Group (engineering), BWXT (safety) and
  Battelle (RD/inovation)
• Advisors
• Finance J.P. Morgan, Citigroup
• Utilities Exelon, Entergy, TVA, Duke, Progress,
  Constellation, EDF

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Partnerships help building a recycling industry
The Japanese case
RD Process Development Innovation
RRP J-MOX
Global Partnership tests in JNFLs facility
(2009)
Engineering Process Implementation
Improvement
Know how Operation Process Qualification
Optimisation
RECO JV Components manufacturing
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A Universal canister worldwide
Netherlands
Partnering enables standardisation
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Transportation and Fuel Handling

• GREMIKHA
• Remediation of former naval maintenance base
• Submarine spent fuel management
• PNTL
• INS, Japanese Utilities and AREVA

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Mastering the tripode enabled building a powerful
recycling industry

• Optimized waste conditioning
• Volume 5,
• Toxicity 10
• Prepares for GEN IV

• Up to 25 uranium savings
• Energy security
• Flexibility in repository timing

• Optimized waste conditioning
• Standardized waste forms
• No IAEA safeguards
• Interim stored in a stable form

NUCLEAR IS A RECYCLABLE ENERGY lets partner
for it