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Line 1: {{Short description\|Nuclear facility in France}} {{Infobox power station \| name = Marcoule Nuclear Power Plant Line 6 ⟶ 7: \| image_caption = \| image_alt = ~~\| location_map = France~~ \| location_map_size = \| location_map_caption = Line 14: \| status = D \| construction_began = 1952 \| commissioned = ~~January~~{{start 7,date and age\|1956\|01\|07\|df=y\|br=y}} \| decommissioned = ~~June~~{{end ~~20,~~date and age\|1984\|06\|20\|df=y\|br=y}} \| cost = \| owner = Line 34: Operational since 1956, Marcoule is a gigantic site run by the atomic energy organization [[Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique]] (CEA) and [[Areva NC]] and is known as CEA VALRHO Marcoule. The first industrial and military [[plutonium]] experiments took place in Marcoule. Diversification of the site was started in the 1970s with the creation of the [[Phénix]] prototype [[fast breeder]] reactor, which was operational until 2009, and is nowadays an important site for [[decommissioning nuclear facilities]] activities. {{Asof\|2016}} the Phénix reactor was planned to be succeeded by the [[sodium-cooled fast reactor]] [[ASTRID (reactor)\|ASTRID]] (Advanced Sodium Technical Reactor for Industrial Demonstration), foreseen to become operational in the 2030s.<ref name=asahi-20160922>{{cite news \|url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201609220057.html \|title=Ministries spar as Japan focuses on fast reactor project in France \|newspaper= [[Asahi Shimbun]] \|date=22 September 2016 \|accessdate=3 December 2016}}</ref> However, in 2019 the ASTRID project was closed.<ref name=nei-20190902>{{cite news \|url=https://www.neimagazine.com/news/newsfrance-cancels-astrid-fast-reactor-project-7394432 \|title=France cancels ASTRID fast reactor project \|publisher=Nuclear Engineering International \|date=2 September 2019 \|accessdate=12 September 2019}}</ref> Since 1995, the MELOX factory has been producing [[MOX]] from a mix of uranium and plutonium oxides. MOX is used to recycle plutonium from nuclear fuel; this plutonium comes from the [[COGEMA La Hague site]]. Line 67: == 2011 explosion == On 12 September 2011, there was an explosion in an oven used to melt metallic waste of a [[low level waste\|"weak and very weak"]] level of radioactivity, killing one person, and injuring four. The explosion happened in the [[Centraco]] centre, used by Socodei, a sister company of [[Électricité de France]].<ref name=BBC>{{cite news\|title=France Nuclear: Marcoule Site Explosion Kills One\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14883521\|accessdate=12 September 2011\|newspaper=BBC News\|date=12 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="Guardian">{{cite news\|last=Willsher\|first=Kim\|title=Explosion at French Nuclear Waste Plant\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/sep/12/french-nuclear-plant-rocked-explosion\|accessdate=12 September 2011\|newspaper=The Guardian\|date=12 September 2011}}</ref> A safety cordon was set up around the plant by fire officers because of the risk of leakage.<ref name="BBC"/><ref name="Guardian"/> == CEA VALRHO Marcoule == Line 80: While most facilities are located at the main Marcoule site, a small number of facilities at Pierrelatte (located close at the [[Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant#Tricastin Nuclear Site\|Tricastin Nuclear Site]]) do also belong to the Marcoule Nuclear Site. In 2007 over 500 million euros was spent supporting the work of the 30 laboratories.<ref>{fr}http://www-marcoule.cea.fr/home/liblocal/docs/UCAP/PORTAIL/Plaquette%20CEA%20Marcoule%20en%20bref.pdf {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171557/http://www-marcoule.cea.fr/home/liblocal/docs/UCAP/PORTAIL/Plaquette%20CEA%20Marcoule%20en%20bref.pdf \|date=2016-03-03 }}</ref> == Gallery == Line 89: </gallery> == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == {{commons category\|Marcoule Nuclear Site}} {{stack\|{{Portal\|France\|Energy\|Nuclear technology}}}} *[http://www.french-nuclear-safety.fr/ The French Nuclear Safety Authority - French Nuclear Safety Authority] Line 99 ⟶ 101: {{French nuclear power plants}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1956]] [[Category:Nuclear research institutes in France]] [[Category:Nuclear history of France]] [[Category:Nuclear technology in France]] [[Category:Nuclear energy in France]]▼ [[Category:Military nuclear reactors]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Gard]] Line 110 ⟶ 113: [[Category:Nuclear power stations with closed reactors]] [[Category:Nuclear reprocessing sites]] ▲[[Category:~~Nuclear~~20th-century ~~energy~~architecture in France]] [[Category:French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission]]