Weekly report : from September 25th to October 1st, 2003

Press release

October 03, 2003

Treatment activity:

During this period, the Establishment treated 29 tons of spent fuel assemblies coming from power plants EDF and MULHEIM-KARLICH.

From all treated assemblies, a total of 771 tons have been processed to date this year.

During this period, 23 canisters of vitrified fission products have been produced(1).
Since the beginning of the year, 346 canisters have been produced.
It should be noted that the facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 27 canisters of compacted residues.
Since the beginning of the year, 444 canisters have been produced.

(1)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.