COVRA

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COVRA
Centrale Organisatie Voor Radioactief Afval

Formation	1982
Location	Nieuwdorp, Netherlands
Coordinates	51°26′30″N 3°42′41″E / 51.44167°N 3.71139°E / 51.44167; 3.71139
Services	Nuclear storage
Website	covra.nl/en

COVRA (Centrale Organisatie Voor Radioactief Afval) is the only Dutch nuclear waste processing and storage company. Located in Nieuwdorp, it stores waste produced at the Borssele nuclear power plant after it is reprocessed by Areva NC^[1] in La Hague, France. The company also stores radioactive waste from hospitals and laboratories. COVRA currently has a license to operate for one hundred years.

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^ AREVA NC - nuclear energy, nuclear fuel - La Hague Archived 16 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine

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