Cigéo

Cigéo is a French project to construct a deep geological repository for radioactive waste. It is designed to store approximately 83000 m3 of high-level waste and intermediate-level waste produced by French nuclear facilities, including during their decommissioning, and by nuclear reprocessing of spent fuel.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Landfill
  • Description: deep geological disposal facility for radioactive waste in Heuse/Haute-Marne, France
  • Also known as: “Centre Industriel de stockage Géologique” and “Cigeo”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Meuse/Haute Marne Underground Research Laboratory and Église Saint-Félix de Saudron.

Research institute
The is a laboratory located 500 metres underground in in the 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.

Church
Photo: Ji-Elle, Public domain.
is a church, which is situated 2 km west of Cigéo.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a church, which is situated 2 km southwest of Cigéo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Luméville-en-Ornois.

Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a village and a former commune of the department in the administrative region of Lorraine, in north-eastern . Its population is 56. is situated 6 km east of Cigéo.

Cigéo

Latitude
48.4848° or 48° 29′ 5″ north
Longitude
5.35557° or 5° 21′ 20″ east
Open location code
8FW7F9M4+W6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13363339341
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­recycling
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­landfill
Wiki­data ID
Q16539793
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Satellite Map

Discover Cigéo from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Spanish—“Cigéo” goes by many names.

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