- Marcoule
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PROJEKTBEGINN = 1952
BETRIEBSAUFNAHME =January 7 , 1956
STILLLEGUNG =June 20 , 1984
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STAND =November 26 , 2006Marcoule ( _fr. Site nucléaire de Marcoule) is located in the
Chusclan andCodolet French communes, nearBagnols-sur-Cèze in theGard department, which is in the touristic, wine and agriculturalCôtes-du-Rhône region. Since1956 , Marcoule is a gigantic site exploited by the atomic energy organizationCommissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (CEA) andAreva NC . The first industrial and militaryplutonium experiments took place in Marcoule. Diversification of the site was started in the 1970s with the creation of thePhénix prototypefast breeder reactor, and is nowadays an important site fordecommissioning nuclear facilities activities.Since
1995 , the MELOX factory producesMOX from a mix of uranium and plutonium oxides. MOX is used to recycle plutonium from nuclear combustibles; this plutonium comes from theCOGEMA La Hague site .The "ATelier Alpha et Laboratoires pour ANalyses, Transuraniens et Etudes de retraitement" (ATALANTE) is a CEA laboratory investigating the issues of
nuclear reprocessing ofnuclear fuel and ofradioactive waste .Reactors
The site housed a number of the first generation French AGR reactors, of which have all been shut down. Since then, it has also operated a
pressurized water reactor that was used for the purpose of producingTritium . Cooling for all of the plants has come from the Rhône river.References
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