COVRA

COVRA (Centrale Organisatie Voor Radioactief Afval) is the Dutch nuclear waste processing and storage company in Vlissingen,^[1] which stores the waste produced in the Borssele nuclear power plant after it is reprocessed by Areva NC^[2] in La Hague, Manche, Normandy, France. Until the Dutch government decides what to do with the waste, it will stay at COVRA. COVRA currently has a license to operate for one hundred years.

The director is Jan Boelen.

Covra
Nuclear Waste containers at Covra

References

↑ COVRA website
↑ AREVA NC - nuclear energy, nuclear fuel - La Hague Archived 2007-10-16 at the Wayback Machine.

Coordinates: 51°26′30″N 3°42′41″E / 51.44167°N 3.71139°E / 51.44167; 3.71139

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[1] COVRA website

[2] AREVA NC - nuclear energy, nuclear fuel - La Hague Archived 2007-10-16 at the Wayback Machine.