Weekly report : from March 7, 2002 through March 13, 2002

Press release

March 14, 2002

UP2 plant :
The UP2 plant is on shutdown period for maintenance. A total of 15 canisters have been produced at the R7 vitrification facility.

UP3 plant :
At the UP3 plant, shearing of fuel assemblies from a batch of BROKDROF* fuel is in progress in the T1 head-end facility. A total of 196 metric tons of uranium have been processed to date this year. A total of 29 canisters have been produced at the T7 vitrification facility.

*BROKDROF : german PWR reactor.