Orano completes repatriation of reprocessing waste to Germany

November 22, 2024, 7:00AMRadwaste Solutions
The Philippsburg interim storage facility in Germany. (Photo: BGZ)

Orano completed the 13th and final rail shipment of vitrified high-level nuclear waste from France to Germany. The company announced that the four casks of vitrified HLW arrived at Germany’s intermediate storage facility at Philippsburg in the early evening of November 20.

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