Waste Management

French Nuclear Repository Project To Cost Up To €37 Billion, Says Andra

By David Dalton
13 May 2025

Construction could begin in 2027 with first radwaste received in 2050

French Nuclear Repository Project To Cost Up To €37 Billion, Says Andra
Cigéo is planned to be France’s centralised facility for long-term storage of high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants and other reactor facilities. Courtesy Andra.
France’s deep geological storage project is expected to cost between €26bn ($28.9bn) and €37.5bn, the national nuclear waste agency Andra said on 12 May, up from an earlier estimate of around €25bn.

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