Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant
E813967
The Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant is a major nuclear facility at Sellafield in the UK that was used to reprocess spent nuclear fuel from reactors, recovering usable materials such as uranium and plutonium.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
industrial facility
ⓘ
nuclear fuel cycle facility ⓘ nuclear reprocessing plant ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | THORP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Magnox reprocessing plant at Sellafield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sellafield MOX Plant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commercialOperationStartDate | 1994 ⓘ |
| commissioningDate | 1994 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1984 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designCapacity | 1200 tonnes of heavy metal per year ⓘ |
| environmentalRegulator | Environment Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fuelTypeReprocessed |
advanced gas-cooled reactor fuel
ⓘ
light water reactor fuel ⓘ thermal oxide fuel ⓘ |
| hasWasteStream |
high-level liquid waste
ⓘ
intermediate-level solid waste ⓘ low-level radioactive waste ⓘ |
| inputMaterial | spent nuclear fuel ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cumbria
ⓘ
England ⓘ Sellafield NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| notableIncident |
1994 leak during commissioning
ⓘ
2005 highly active liquor leak in feed clarification cell ⓘ |
| operator |
British Nuclear Fuels Limited
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sellafield Ltd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| outputMaterial |
high-level radioactive waste
ⓘ
recovered uranium ⓘ separated plutonium ⓘ |
| ownedBy | UK government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Sellafield nuclear complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| policyContext |
UK civil nuclear fuel cycle
ⓘ
international spent fuel management services ⓘ |
| processType | aqueous reprocessing ⓘ |
| purpose |
recovery of plutonium from spent fuel
ⓘ
recovery of uranium from spent fuel ⓘ reprocessing spent nuclear fuel ⓘ |
| regulator | Office for Nuclear Regulation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| safetySystem |
multiple containment barriers
ⓘ
remote handling equipment ⓘ |
| servesReactorsIn |
Europe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shutdownDate | 2018 ⓘ |
| site | Sellafield nuclear site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
in post-operational clean-out
ⓘ
permanently shut down ⓘ |
| technology | PUREX process NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.