Centre de l'Aube (CSA)
Centre de l'Aube (CSA) is a repository facility operated by Andra in France. Its capacity is not publicly disclosed.
France's operating low level waste repository, near-surface rather than deep, taking the bulk of the volume that reactor operation and decommissioning produce. It replaced the Centre de la Manche, which filled and closed in 1994 and is now in a 300-year monitoring phase.
Facility
| Stage | Geological disposal |
|---|---|
| Operator | Andra |
| Country | France |
| Capacity | not disclosed |
| Figure applies to | - |
| Status | operating |
| Commissioned | 1992.0 |
| Coordinates | 48.3306, 4.6472 |
Position in the chain
No disclosed capacity, so its share of world repository capacity cannot be stated.
Andra also operates:
- Cigéo (repository)
Other repository facilities
| Facility | Capacity | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Wolsong LILW Disposal Center, Gyeongju | 800,000drums | operating |
| Konrad | 303,000m³ | construction |
| Yucca Mountain | 70,000tHM total | closed |
| Asse II | 47,000m³ | closed |
| Morsleben (ERAM) | 37,000m³ | closed |
| Onkalo | not disclosed | construction |
| Forsmark spent fuel repository (KBS-3) | not disclosed | construction |
| Cigéo | not disclosed | planned |
| Canadian deep geological repository | not disclosed | planned |
| Nördlich Lägern | not disclosed | planned |
| Waste Isolation Pilot Plant | not disclosed | operating |
| SFR, Forsmark | not disclosed | operating |
| Olkiluoto VLJ repository | not disclosed | operating |
| Loviisa VLJ repository | not disclosed | operating |
| El Cabril | not disclosed | operating |
| Low Level Waste Repository, Drigg | not disclosed | operating |
| Rokkasho LLW Disposal Center | not disclosed | operating |
| Bátaapáti National Radioactive Waste Repository | not disclosed | operating |
| Yeniseisky underground research laboratory, Krasnoyarsk | not disclosed | construction |
| Beishan underground research laboratory | not disclosed | construction |
Sources
- World Nuclear Association, Storage and Disposal of Radioactive Waste · retrieved 2026-09-06
How these sources are used, including the corrections applied on top of them and what is deliberately left blank · download the underlying data