[en] 2017 has been an hectic year for Andra with the rise of a strong opposition in the Meuse-Haute-Marne area regarding the future Cigeo waste disposal facility while the project has gone through the successive steps leading to the creation permit procedure. A public information campaign has been carried out, optimizations have been integrated to the design study of the project and the safety options have been analysed by the nuclear safety authority (ASN). The satisfaction survey to radioactive waste producers has confirmed the excellence of Andra's activities. The industrial centre for regrouping, warehousing and storage (Cires, Aube) has put into service its storage space for large-size wastes as well as its sorting and treatment facility. At the Aube plant, the final tests have been made on the package control facility before its start-up while the site safety reexamination operation is still in progress. Geologic surveys in the Aube area have permitted to identify a possible disposal site for low activity/long living and very-low activity wastes. The Manche plant is actually at the closing stage and the monitoring plan implemented at the site (in particular for the follow up of tritium in the aquifer) is satisfactory. The Andra now has a new road-map for the 5 coming years with 6 main strategic focuses, one dealing with the transformation of the agency. This document is Andra's 2017 activity and financial reports.

[en] Andra is responsible for identifying, implementing and guaranteeing safe management solutions for all French radioactive waste, in order to protect present and future generations from the risks inherent in such substances. This document is Andra's Activity Report for the year 2018. Content: 1 - Preparation for Cigeo: Design, Safety, Local area; 2 - Industrial activities: Customer relations, Andra's Aube industrial, Manche disposal facility, Local area; 3 - Scientific and technical knowledge: National Inventory, Andra's Meuse/Haute-Marne, Underground Research Laboratory, Environment, European projects, Partnerships; 4 - Openness to society and the world: Consultation, Information and dialogue, International outreach, Global activity. The 2018 financial report of the company is attached to the document

[en] The 'Andra Journal' is a magazine published three- or four-times a year by the French National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management (Andra). Each issue is published in 4 versions: a national version + 3 regional versions for each French radioactive waste repository - the Aube plant, the Manche plant and the Meuse/Haute-Marne plant. All versions share in common some national and international news, and a special dossier. Some additional local news are presented in the regional versions. This issue includes a special focus about the management of the different ultimate wastes produced by nuclear power plants.

[en] The 'Andra Journal' is a magazine published three- or four-times a year by the French National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management (Andra). Each issue is published in 4 versions: a national version + 3 regional versions for each French radioactive waste repository - the Aube plant, the Manche plant and the Meuse/Haute-Marne plant. All versions share in common some national and international news, and a special dossier. Some additional local news are presented in the regional versions. This issue includes a special dossier about the license application procedure of Cigeo, the underground waste facility (procedure, pre-project, safety, operation, surface and underground infrastructures, site selection, public information).

[en] The 'Andra Journal' is a magazine published three- or four-times a year by the French National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management (Andra). Each issue is published in 4 versions: a national version + 3 regional versions for each French radioactive waste repository - the Aube plant, the Manche plant and the Meuse/Haute-Marne plant. All versions share in common some national and international news, and a special dossier. Some additional local news are presented in the regional versions. This issue includes a special dossier about the 3 challenges of radioactive waste disposal: optimization and consistency, wastes life-cycle and facility adaptability, local stakeholders involvement.

[en] The 'Andra Journal' is a magazine published three- or four-times a year by the French National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management (Andra). Each issue is published in 4 versions: a national version + 3 regional versions for each French radioactive waste repository - the Aube plant, the Manche plant and the Meuse/Haute-Marne plant. All versions share in common some national and international news, and a special dossier. Some additional local news are presented in the regional versions. This issue includes a special dossier about dismantling wastes and the search for an optimized solution between the Andra and the waste producers.

[en] The 'Andra Journal' is a magazine published three- or four-times a year by the French National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management (Andra). Each issue is published in 4 versions: a national version + 3 regional versions for each French radioactive waste repository - the Aube plant, the Manche plant and the Meuse/Haute-Marne plant. All versions share in common some national and international news, and a special dossier. Some additional local news are presented in the regional versions. This issue includes a special dossier about the 20 years of research activities by the Andra in Meuse and Haute-Marne (sites selection, research programs, the underground laboratory, data collection, environmental characterization, technological experiments, local socio-economic impact).

[en] The 'Andra Journal' is a magazine published three- or four-times a year by the French National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management (Andra). Each issue is published in 4 versions: a national version + 3 regional versions for each French radioactive waste repository - the Aube plant, the Manche plant and the Meuse/Haute-Marne plant. All versions share in common some national and international news about radioactive waste management but presented differently. Some additional local news are reported in the regional versions.

[en] The 'Andra Journal' is a magazine published three- or four-times a year by the French National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management (Andra). Each issue is published in 4 versions: a national version + 3 regional versions for each French radioactive waste repository - the Aube plant, the Manche plant and the Meuse/Haute-Marne plant. All versions share in common some national and international news, and a special dossier. Some additional local news are presented in the regional versions. This issue includes a special dossier about the Cigeo underground waste facility project and the final stretch before the licence application procedure (final studies, optimization, safety expertise, preliminary field works, impact study, anticipation of skill needs).

[en] In recent months, citizens and parliamentarians have had the opportunity to debate France's energy mix and plans to revive its nuclear fleet. While a consensus in favor of the atom is emerging, the question of the management of materials leaving reactors is being raised. And yet, unlike other industries, the nuclear sector takes all its externalities into account. At the same time, it is carrying out intensive research and development to improve material recycling, close the fuel cycle and safely store final waste. This dossier reviews 8 key points in the nuclear fuel cycle: 1 - We are the only industry in the world to deal with waste to the end; 2 - Spent fuel reprocessing in France (Orano la Hague); 3 - Advances in multi-recycling in pressurized water reactors; 4 - Transmutation: experience feedback, lessons learned and prospects; 5 - Authorization application: Cigeo passes a major milestone; 6 - France's solid radioactive waste management policy; 7 - Report from the heart of Andra's underground laboratory; 8 - The 'memorial' challenge of long-lived waste