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Appendix G — Reprocessing plants

The table below lists the safeguards status of commercial-scale reprocessing facilities that are in operation, under construction, on standby or deferred and their type (military, civilian or dual use).

COUNTRY	FACILITY (Location / Owner)	TYPE	OPERATIONAL STATUS	SAFEGUARDS STATUS
France	La Hague – UP2-800 (La Hague / Areva)	Civilian	In operation	Offered
France	La Hague – UP3 (La Hague / Areva)	Civilian	In operation	Offered
India	Trombay (BARC)	Military	In operation	No
	Tarapur	Dual	In operation	Yes
	Kalpakkam	Dual	In operation	No
Israel	Dimona	Military	In operation	No
Japan	Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant (Kamikita-gun / JNFL)	Civilian	Commissioning	Yes
Japan	Tokai Reprocessing Plant (Tokai-mura / JAEA)	Civilian	In operation	Yes
Pakistan	Nilore	Military	In operation	No
Russian Federation	RT-1 Ozersk (Mayak)	Civilian	In operation	No
	RT-2 (Krasnoyarsk)	Civilian	Deferred	No
	Seversk	Dual	In operation	No
	Zheleznogorsk	Dual	In operation	No
United Kingdom	B205 (Sellafield / BNFL)	Civilian	In operation	Offered
United Kingdom	Thorp (Sellafield / NDA)	Civilian	In operation	Offered
Unites States	Barnwell (South Carolina / AGNS)	Civilian	Deferred	Would be offered

Source International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM), Global Fissile Material Report 2008, IPFM, Princeton NJ, 2008, p. 51; IAEA, Nuclear Fuel Cycle Information System, 2009, viewed 31 August 2009, <http://www-nfcis.iaea.org/NFCIS/NFCISMAin.asp>; IAEA, Annual Report 2008, viewed 1 September 2009, <http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Reports/Anrep2008/annexinfo.pdf>.
* Not known if on voluntary offer list

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Appendix G — Reprocessing plants