AT-1 Pilot Dismantling Project
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AT1

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    		• 1969 - 1979Operation
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    		• 1979Decommissioning of the workshop
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    		• 1979 - 1981Decontamination and flushing of the reactor coolant system
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    		• 1981Preliminary studies and dismantling
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    		• 1982 - 1985Cleaning operations
    Development of specific apparatus
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    		• 1990 - 1993Dismantling of the process in the high activity cells using the ATENA machine, operated by remote control
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    		• 1993 - 1997Dismantling of the containers barriers

    The European Commission selected AT-1 as a pilot dismantling project for its R&D programme on the decommissioning of nuclear installations.
    The AT-1 pilot facility was built to reprocess fuel coming from fast breeder reactor (Rapsodie and Phenix).