Table 1: Transnucléaire transport operations in 1998.

Materials

No of transports

No of packages


Concentrates

28

7 380

UF6 (depleted/enriched)

172

1 909

Fresh fuel assemblies (UO2)

151

872

Uranyl nitrate

120

239


Front-end Total

471

10 400


French spent fuel

135

135

Overseas spent fuel

23

23

Residues/waste

302

622

Fissile materials

158

1 295

Site transfers

210

1 298


Back-end/recycling Total

828

3 373


Research/sources

401

2 530


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