Weekly report : from June 01 through 07, 2001

Press release

June 07, 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 242 metric tons of uranium have been processed to date this year.

At the R7 vitrification facility, line B is in service, lines A and C are on standby.
A total of 173 canisters of glass have been produced to date this year.

UP3 plant :
At the UP3 plant, shearing fuel assemblies from Borssele (1) is in progress in the T1 head-end facility.
A total of 49 metric tons of uranium have been processed to date this year.

At the T7 vitrification facility, line B is in service, lines A and C are on standby.
A total of 126 canisters of glass have been produced to date this year.

On June 08 2001, the 06th fresh Mox fuel shipment from HANAU (Germany) will take place. More information about these shipments are available on this website.

(1) Dutch PWR reactor (Pressurized water reactor)