Arrival of spent fuel from Germany at the Valognes railway terminal

4/10/2003
Press release
Four casks of spent fuel from German nuclear power plants arrived at the Valognes railway terminal serving COGEMA La Hague on April 10th, 2003, at 9h20 am.

The fuel elements will be stored at the La Hague pools for cooling, and will be then reprocessed to recover valuable materials and condition the final waste for return to Germany for disposal.