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Andra updates French repository cost estimate

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Tuesday, 13 May 2025, https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/andra-updates-french-repository-cost-estimate French radioactive waste management agency Andra has estimated the overall cost of constructing, operating and closing France’s planned deep geological repository for the disposal of high- and intermediate-level radioactive waste at between EUR26.1 billion (USD29.1 billion) and EUR37.5 billion (at 2012 prices). France plans to construc…

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latribune.fr

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