Italian reprocessing agreement

2006-12-05

A bilateral French - Italian agreement has cleared the way for SOGIN - Italy's nuclear waste management body - to sign a contract with Areva NC for reprocessing 235 tonnes of used nuclear fuel now in storage. It is to be shipped to the La Hague plant between 2007 and 2015 and the wastes are to be returned after 2020. （Platts,27/11/2006）