Weekly report : from January 5 through January 12, 2000

Press release

January 14, 2000

At the UP2 plant, all units are shut down in the R1 head-end facility. Scheduled outage work is in progress.

At the R7 vitrification facility, all three lines are shut down.

At the UP3 plant, all units are shut down in the T1 head-end facility.

At the T7 vitrification facility, lines A and B are on stand-by; line C is in operation. A total of 3 canisters of glass have been produced to date this year.

Work in the Moulinets Cove

Work continues on modifications to the discharge pipe in the tidal basin:

- radiological monitoring of sediments has revealed no anomalies, although there are fluctuations close to the old discharge pipe;
- final excavation of the center section continued despite difficult oceanic and meteorological conditions.