Weekly report : from November 14, 2002 through November 20, 2002

Press release

November 21, 2002

Treatment activity :

During this week, 34.2 tons of spent fuel assemblies from EDF.

From all treated assemblies, a total of 880 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, 466 canisters have been produced.

The actuality, it is also...

Works of disassembling, in the zone of marling, of the old pipe of liquid releases are in progress accordance with the program.
The result of analyses of the samples performed in accordance with the specific environmental monitoring program of the site are all lower than 1 Bq/g**.

* 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.
**1 Becquerel per gramme. The Becquerel is the unit of measure of radioactivity.