Life cycle assessment of an upcoming nuclear power plant decommissioning: the Fessenheim case study from public data

Année
2024
Type
Article de revue
Auteur(s)
Mehdi Iguider, Paul Robineau, Michal Kozderka, Maria Boltoeva, Gaetana Quaranta
Revue
International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, volume 29, pp. 1229-1245

Historical French fleet of Nuclear Power Plants (NPP) is near end-of-life, with 14 NPPs planned to begin decommissioning by 2035. Despite decade-old calls for more research regarding these activities’environmental impact, very few if any studies were conducted since. Due to the French fleet high-degree of standardization, a prospective investigation regarding the Fessenheim NPP—first large-scale plant to be decommissioned in France, starting 2026—is conducted to identify results of interest beyond this case study.

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