Design & Qualification of a Soil Sorter System at La Hague Reprocessing Facility Scope: • Silo 130 of the AREVA La Hague plant (France) contained legacy radioactive waste and the soil around was potentially contaminated. • The project consisted of the design and implementation of the optimal detection system for incorporation into a soil sorter to facilitate the removal of contaminated soil according to limits set by the French Authorities. • The radionuclides of interest were 137 Cs and 241 Am. The project was led by AREVA who contracted the detection system to CANBERRATM, including design, modeling, realization, testing and calibration. Key Drivers: The contaminated area had to be cleaned up to allow a new building to be built as required by the French Nuclear

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