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4. Production and management players
4.1 Producers
Small-scale producers (over 1,000 listed in France) are mainly research laboratories, industrial companies that use radionuclides or work with radioactive materials, nuclear medicine hospitals that use radionuclides, and holders of sealed sources. Waste from small producers is collected by Andra. Large-scale producers include CEA research centers and civilian and military industrial facilities, French electricity production centers (EDF) and Areva NC (formerly Compagnie Générale des Matières Nucléaires-Cogema) facilities, as well as subcontractors of these organizations who process or recycle certain wastes and transport them. Waste comes from INB production workshops and the nuclear zones of facilities (FMAVC, MAVL, HAVL), where materials may be contaminated or activated,...
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International situation
Bibliography
Regulations
Légifrance website http://www.legifrance.fr
Law no. 91-1381 of December 30, 1991 on research into radioactive waste management.
Law no. 2006-739 of June 28, 2006 on the sustainable management of radioactive materials and waste.
Law no. 2006-686 of June 13, 2006 on nuclear transparency...
Organizations
French Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning (Meeddat) http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr
Parliamentary Office for Scientific and Technological Assessment (Opecst) http://www.senat.fr/opecst/index.html
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