Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs

Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs
AbbreviationANDRA 
Legal statusnational public industrial or commercial establishment without a public accountant 
Budget363,402,000 euro (2019) 
Employees674 (2020) 

The Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs (French pronunciation: [aʒɑ̃s nɑsjɔnal puʁ la ʒɛstjɔ̃ de deʃɛ ʁadjoaktif]; ANDRA), or National agency for the management of radioactive waste is a 'public institution of an industrial and commercial nature' charged with the management of radioactive waste in France.

Placed under the supervision of the ministers for research, the industry and the environment, ANDRA leads complementary industrial, research and public information missions.

ANDRA's funding comes from a mixture of public and private sources, including a tax on producers of radioactive waste and commercial contracts with waste producers.

ANDRA is responsible for the Cigéo deep geological repository project.

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