Weekly report : from November 13th to November 19th, 2003

Press release

November 20, 2003

Treatment activity:

During this period, the Establishment treated 22,5 tons of spent fuel assemblies coming from EDF and Brossele (Netherland) power plants .

From all treated assemblies, a total of 933 tons have been processed to date this year.

During this period, 26 canisters of vitrified fission products have been produced(1).
Since the beginning of the year, 506 canisters have been produced.
It should be noted that the facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 24 canisters of compacted residues.
Since the beginning of the year, 592 canisters have been produced.

                                                                                                         
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(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