Meuse/Haute Marne Underground Research Laboratory
The Meuse/Haute Marne Underground Research Laboratory is a laboratory located 500 metres underground in Bure in the Meuse département. It allows study of the geological formation in order to evaluate its capacity for deep geological repository of high-level and long-lived medium-level radioactive waste.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 84 residents
- Description: rock laboratory aimed to characterize the Callovo-Oxfordian Clay
- Also known as: “Andra laboratory” and “Bure laboratory”
- Postal code: 55290
Places of Interest
Highlights include Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Bure and Église Saint-Félix de Saudron.
Église Saint-Félix de Saudron
Church
Photo: Ji-Elle, Public domain.
Église Saint-Félix de Saudron is a church.
Église Saint-Remi de Mandres-en-Barrois
Church
Église Saint-Remi de Mandres-en-Barrois is a church, which is situated 3 km southeast of Meuse/Haute Marne Underground Research Laboratory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Luméville-en-Ornois.
Luméville-en-Ornois
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Luméville-en-Ornois is a village and a former commune of the Meuse department in the administrative region of Lorraine, in north-eastern France. Its population is 56. Luméville-en-Ornois is situated 7 km southeast of Meuse/Haute Marne Underground Research Laboratory.
Meuse/Haute Marne Underground Research Laboratory
- Categories: underground research laboratory and locality
- Location: Bure, Arrondissement of Bar-le-Duc, Meuse, Grand Est, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.50412° or 48° 30′ 15″ northLongitude
5.35677° or 5° 21′ 24″ eastPopulation
84Elevation
341 metres (1,119 feet)United Nations Location Code
FR BXROpen location code
8FW7G934+JPOpenStreetMap ID
node 1174905483OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Meuse/Haute Marne Underground Research Laboratory” goes by many names.
- French: “bure”
- French: “laboratoire de Bure-Saudron”
- French: “laboratoire de Bure”
- French: “Laboratoire de Bure”
- French: “laboratoire de l’Andra”
- French: “laboratoire de recherche de Bure”
- French: “laboratoire de recherche souterrain de Meuse/Haute-Marne”
- French: “laboratoire souterrain de Meuse/Haute-Marne”
- German: “Bure”
- Japanese: “ムーズ・オート＝マルヌ地層研究所”
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