Weekly report : from September 26, 2002 through October 2, 2002

Press release

October 04, 2002

Treatment activity :
During this week, 24.18 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 670.02 tons have been processed to date this year. Three of the six lines of vitrification of fission products* were in service.
Since the beginning of the year, 390 canisters have been produced. It should be noted that the facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 125 canisters of compacted** residues since its startup at the end of the year 2001.

* 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.
**It is about the metal envelope of the spent fuel assemblies as well as metal waste resulting from maintenance operations of the installations.