Weekly report : from October 23th to October 29th, 2003

Press release

October 31, 2003

Treatment activity:
During this period, the Establishment treated 10 tons of spent fuel assemblies coming from EDF power plants.

From all treated assemblies, a total of 861 tons have been processed to date this year.

During this period, 21 canisters of vitrified fission products have been produced(1).
Since the beginning of the year, 430 canisters have been produced.
It should be noted that the facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 20 canisters of compacted residues.
Since the beginning of the year, 526 canisters have been produced.

Shipment activity :
One shipment of 7casks of spent fuel assemblies from Germany arrived at the Valognes railway terminal on the October 23rd at 11:35 am.

(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