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.- Type: Research institute
- Description: rock laboratory aimed to characterize the Callovo-Oxfordian Clay
- Also known as: “Andra laboratory”, “Bure laboratory”, and “LSMHM”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cigéo and Église Saint-Félix de Saudron.
Cigéo
Landfill
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.
Église Saint-Félix de Saudron
Church
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Église Saint-Félix de Saudron is a church, which is situated 2 km west of Meuse/Haute Marne Underground Research Laboratory.
Église de Gillaumé
Church
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Église de Gillaumé is a church, which is situated 2 km southwest of Meuse/Haute Marne Underground Research Laboratory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Luméville-en-Ornois.
Luméville-en-Ornois
Hamlet
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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 6 km east of Meuse/Haute Marne Underground Research Laboratory.
Meuse/Haute Marne Underground Research Laboratory
- Categories: underground research laboratory, commerce, and education
- Location: Gillaumé, Arrondissement of Saint-Dizier, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.48407° or 48° 29′ 3″ northLongitude
5.35621° or 5° 21′ 22″ eastInception
2008Operator
Agence Nationale pour la Gestion des Déchets RadioactifsOpen location code
8FW7F9M4+JFOpenStreetMap ID
way 144337590OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=research_instituteOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=commercialWikidata ID
Q356045
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Japanese—“Meuse/Haute Marne Underground Research Laboratory” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Laboratoire de recherche souterrain de Meuse/Haute-Marne”
- 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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