Cigéo
Cigéo is a repository facility operated by Andra in France. Its capacity is not publicly disclosed.
France reprocesses, so what Cigéo would take is vitrified waste rather than intact fuel assemblies. The construction licence application went in during January 2023, the regulator gave a favourable opinion in December 2025, and a public inquiry is scheduled for the second half of 2026. Commissioning is not expected before 2050.
Facility
| Stage | Geological disposal |
|---|---|
| Operator | Andra |
| Country | France |
| Capacity | not disclosed |
| Figure applies to | - |
| Note on the figure | For vitrified high-level and long-lived intermediate-level waste, not bare spent fuel. |
| Status | planned |
| Commissioned | not stated |
| Coordinates | 48.4900, 5.1400 |
Position in the chain
No disclosed capacity, so its share of world repository capacity cannot be stated.
Andra also operates:
- Centre de l'Aube (CSA) (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 |
| 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 |
| Centre de l'Aube (CSA) | 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