Weekly report : from November 30 through December 06, 2000

Press release

December 07, 2000

At the UP2 plant, a technical problem without incidence on the safety of the facilities has meant the standby of the shearing operations since the 01st of December, in the R1 head-end facility.
Repair operations are in progress.
A total of 760 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 449 canisters of glass have been produced to date this year.

At the UP3 plant, the T1 head-end facility is on standby. Monitoring operations are in progress.
A total of 387 metric tons of uranium have been processed to date this year.

At the T7 vitrification facility, lines A, B and C are in service.
A total of 303 canisters of glass have been produced to date this year.