Where does France store their used nuclear waste?

Question

Where does France store their used nuclear waste?

Answer 1

in their stinky cheese.

Answer 2

http://energypriorities.com/entries/2005...

Answer 3

I don't know where they store it, but Dr. Bill Wattenburg (of University of California) says the amount they actually have to store is small, because they reprocess their fuel rods, extracting the unused uranium and plutonium and making them back into new fuel rods.  The fission byproducts that poison the reactor, they remove (strontium, etc.), and it is only a small amount and has moderate half life times, so the storage isn't a big (so to speak) deal.  Our nuclear industry here in the US is not allowed to reprocess spent fuel rods, for reasons the Sierra Club and similar groups know better than the rest of us.  Further, the same groups don't want central nuclear waste storage, and all of this makes no sense to me.  

If we want to reduce carbon footprints, we ought to turn off our lights, not buy carbon credits!

I think our coal fired electric plants emit more radiation than nuclear power plants (where it is kept inside).  There is a lot of uranium, thorium, and radium (among other things) in burning coal, besides the carbon dioxide we are aware of everyday.

Where does France store the small amount?  I don't know, and I'll bet France won't tell.

Someone may know, however.