Annual Civil Plutonium and Uranium Figures as of 31 December 2007
National Totals as of 31 December 2007
| (Previous year’s figures in brackets) Rounded to 100 kg plutonium with quantities less than 50 kg reported as such |
Tonnes |
| 1. Unirradiated separated plutonium in product stores at reprocessing plants. |
103.8 |
(102.9) |
| 2. Unirradiated separated plutonium in the course of manufacture or fabrication and plutonium contained in unirradiated semi-fabricated or unfinished products at fuel or other fabricating plants or elsewhere. |
1.3 |
(1.2) |
| 3. Plutonium contained in unirradiated MOX fuel or other fabricated products at reactor sites or elsewhere. |
1.9 |
(1.9) |
| 4. Unirradiated separated plutonium held elsewhere. |
1.0 |
(1.0) |
| Total |
108.0 |
(106.9) |
| Note: |
|
|
| (i) Plutonium included in lines 1-4 above belonging to foreign bodies. |
26.8 |
(26.5) |
| (ii) Plutonium in any of the forms in lines 1-4 above held in locations in other countries and therefore not included above. |
0.9 |
(0.9) |
| (iii) Plutonium included in lines 1-4 above which is in international shipment prior to its arrival in the recipient State. |
0 |
(0) |
Estimated amounts of plutonium contained in spent civil reactor fuel
National Totals as of 31 Dec. 2007
| |
(Previous year’s figures in brackets) Rounded to 1000 kg plutonium with quantities less than 500 kg reported as such |
| 1. Plutonium contained in spent fuel at civil reactor sites. |
6 |
(6) |
| 2. Plutonium contained in spent fuel at reprocessing plants. |
29 |
(28) |
| 3. Plutonium contained in spent fuel held elsewhere. |
Less than 500kg |
(Less than 500kg) |
Note:
- The treatment of material sent for direct disposal will need further consideration when specific plans for direct disposal have taken concrete form.
Definitions:
- Line 1: covers estimated amounts of plutonium contained in fuel discharged from civil reactors;
- Line 2: covers estimated amounts of plutonium contained in fuel received at reprocessing plants but not yet reprocessed.
Annual figures for holdings of civil high enriched uranium (HEU)
National totals
| |
As of 31 Dec 2007 (Previous year’s figures in brackets) |
| 1. HEU stored at enrichment plants |
0 kg |
(0 kg) |
| 2. HEU at fabricating plants or at other reprocessing facilities |
357 kg |
(350 kg) |
| 3. HEU at civil reactor sites |
0 kg |
(0 kg) |
| 4. HEU at locations other than civil reactor sites, enrichment fabricating and reprocessing plants (e.g. laboratories, research centres) |
938 kg |
(948 kg) |
| 5. Irradiated HEU at civil reactor sites |
10kg |
(10 kg) |
| 6. Irradiated HEU at locations other than civil reactor sites |
132 kg |
(132 kg) |
| Total |
1437 kg |
(1,441 kg) |
The definition of high enriched uranium (HEU) is uranium enriched to 20% or more in uranium 235
Annual figures for holdings of civil depleted, natural and low enriched uranium (DNLEU) in the civil nuclear fuel cycle:
| 96,400 tonnes |
(93,000 tonnes)* |
* To nearest 100 tonnes