5 LIST OF BASIC NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS DELICENSED AS AT 31.12.2005
Installation Location
BNI Type of installation Commissioned Final shutdown Final regulatory procedures Current status
NEREIDE
FAR*
(former BNI 10)
Reactor
(500 kWth)
1960
1981
1987: Removed from BNI list
Decommissioned
TRITON
FAR*
(former BNI 10)
Reactor
(6.5 MWth)
1959
1982
1987: Removed from BNI list and classified as ICPE
Decommissioned
ZOÉ
FAR*
(former BNI 10)
Reactor
(250 kWth)
1948
1975
1978: Removed from BNI list and classified as ICPE
Confined (museum)
MINERVE
FAR*
(former BNI 12)
Reactor
(0.1 kWth)
1959
1976
1977: Removed from BNI list
Dismantled at FAR and reassembled at Cadarache
EL2
Saclay
(former BNI 13)
Reactor
(2.8 MWth)
1952
1965
Removed from BNI list
Sealed source
EL 3
Saclay
(former BNI 14)
Reactor
(18 MWth)
1957
1979
1988: Removed from BNI list and classified as ICPE
Partially decommissioned, remaining parts confined
PEGGY Cadarache
(former BNI 23)
Reactor
(1 kWth)
1961
1975
1976: Removed from BNI list
Decommissioned
CESAR Cadarache
(former BNI 26)
Reactor
(10 kWth)
1964
1974
1978: Removed from BNI list
Decommissioned
MARIUS Cadarache
(former BNI 27)
Reactor
(0.4 kWth)
1960 in Marcoule,
1964 in Cadarache
1983
1987: Removed from BNI list
Decommissioned
LE BOUCHET
(former BNI 30)
Ore processing
1953
1970
Removed from BNI list
Decommissioned
GUEUGNON
(former BNI 31)
Ore processing
1980
Removed from BNI list
Decommissioned
SATURNE
(former BNI 48)
Accelerator
1958
1997
2005: Removed from BNI list
Cleaned up – encumbrances (***)
ATTILA**
FAR*
57
Reprocessing pilot
1966
1975
Decommissioned
BAT. 19
FAR*
(former BNI 58)
Plutonium metallurgy
1968
1984
1984: Removed from BNI list
Decommissioned
LCAC
Grenoble
(former BNI 60)
Fuels analysis
1968
1984
1997: Removed from BNI list
Decommissioned
ARAC
Saclay
(former BNI 81)
Fabrication of fuel assemblies
1975
1995
1999: Removed from BNI list
Cleaned up
FBFC
Pierrelatte
(former BNI 131)
Fuel fabrication
1983
1998
2003: Removed from BNI list
Cleaned up – encumbrances (***)
SNCSO
smanville
(former BNI 152)
Ioniser
1990
1995
2002: Removed from BNI list
Cleaned up
(*) Fontenay-aux-Roses
(**) Attila: Reprocessing pilots located in the BNI 57 cell
(***) Encumbrances: conventional encumbrances on behalf of the State were taken out on the plots concerned.