Weekly report : from August 24 through 30, 2000

Press release

August 31, 2000

At the UP2 plant, shearing of fuel assemblies from a batch of 1300 MWe EDF fuel is in progress in the R1 head-end facility.
A total of 481 metric tons of uranium have been processed to date this year.

At the R7 vitrification facility, lines A and B are in service, line C is on standby. A total of 275 canisters of glass have been produced to date this year.

At the UP3 plant, T1 head-end facility is on shutdown period for maintenance.
A total of 231 metric tons of uranium have been processed to date this year.

At the T7 vitrification facility, lines A and B are on standby, line C is going on again.
A total of 162 canisters of glass have been produced to date this year.

Work on the pipe : works equipment clearance is finished and indicates then the end of the work to reposition the pipe.