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| SOGEFIBRE, THE FIBER-REINFORCED CONCRETE CONTAINER SPECIALIST |
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| Backed by a major industrial group |
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| Founded in 1990, Sogefibre is a subsidiary of SGN, itself a subsidiary of AREVA NC, a member of the AREVA GROUP. |
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| Container design and manufacture |
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| Sogefibre designs and manufactures fiber-reinforced concrete containers for low- and medium-level radioactive waste.
Its highly automated plant in Valognes, Normandy, produces two basic containers, one cylindrical, the other cubical. The plant production capacity is 12,000 containers per year. |
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| Additional products |
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| Sogefibre also offers: |
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pre-measured, ready-to-use batches of fiber-reinforced concrete to seal the containers; and |
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dry batches to make concrete or grout to immobilize waste in the containers. |
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| Engineering services |
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| Sogefibre also offers engineering services for: |
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special container design, prototype fabrication and qualification testing; |
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design and manufacture of container fabrication systems; |
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development of concrete formulations based on local constituents; |
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production start-up support; and |
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manufacturing and marketing sub-licenses. |
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