The Reprocessing Plant Karlsruhe (WAK - Wiederaufarbeitungsanlage Karlsruhe) was designed for a throughput of a maximum of 35 t uranium at 200 days of operation per year with an enrichment of up to 3% U-235 equivalent. The disintegration of the fuel elements was effected in the →chop-leach process, the U/Pu separation in the dual-cyclical →PUREX process with 30% TBP in n-dodecane. Since the commissioning of the plant in 1971, about 200 t irradiated fuel was reprocessed and more than 1 t plutonium separated until the end of the operation in 1990. The total plutonium separated in this plant is equal to an energy content of 1.5 million t hard coal at a fissile share of 70%. The high active liquid waste of 60 m3 which resulted during the reprocessing is stored on the premises of the WAK. The →Vitrification Plant Karlsruhe on the premises of the WAK is ready for solidification of the waste in order to obtain a product suitable for ultimate disposal. The dismantling work of the WAK began in 1996