Facility Details (NFCIS)

Georges Besse II

General Information

France

Country

818 - ENRI

IAEA Ref No

Drome

Province

Tricastin

Site

29 November 2021

Last updated data source

29 November 2021

Last Update

IAEA Questionaire to Member States ,2021

Data Source

Technical Information

Enrichment

Facility Category Type

Uranium Enrichment

Facility Type

Commercial

Scale

In Operation

Status

2011

Operation Start Year

Operation End year

Construction work started in 2006. Production on first unit is scheduled in 2010. Commercial production started in April 2011. In 2016 capacity was 7.5 million SWUs. Expnaded capacity is possible upto 11 MSWUs

Remark

7500 MTSWU/year

Design Capacity

Centrifuge

Process

Natural UF6 and Rep UF6

Feed Material

Enriched UF6

Product Material

By Product