Weekly report : from October 3, 2002 through October 9, 2002

Press release

October 10, 2002

Treatment activity :
During this week, 30.34 tons of spent fuel assemblies from EDF and Philippsburg - Germany (Boiling Water Reactor) power plants have been processed on the site.
From all treated assemblies, a total of 700.36 tons have been processed to date this year. Four of the six lines of vitrification of fission products* were in service.
Since the beginning of the year, 400 canisters have been produced.

* The fission products (ultimate residues of spent fuel) are incorporated in heated glass to approximately 1100°C. The whole is poured in stainless steel containers. The fission products are an integral part of stable, compact and resistant glass. This process is called vitrification.