Weekly report : from October 25  through November 7

Press release

November 08, 2001

UP2 plant :
At the UP2 plant, shearing of fuel assemblies from a batch of 900 MWe EDF fuel is in progress in the R1 head-end facility. A total of 579 metric tons of uranium have been processed to date this year.
At the R7 vitrification facility, lines B and C are in service. Line A is on standby. A total of 396 canisters of glass have been produced to date this year.

UP3 plant :
At the UP3 plant, shearing of fuel assemblies from TIHANGE* is in progress in the T1 head-end facility. A total of 112 metric tons of uranium have been processed to date this year.
At the T7 vitrification facility, lines A and B are in service. Line C is on standby. A total of 218 canisters of glass have been produced to date this year.

* Belgian PWR Reactor.