Weekly report : from November 20th to November 26th, 2003

Press release

November 28, 2003

Treatment activity:
During this period, the Establishment treated 7 tons of spent fuel assemblies coming from Borssele (Netherland) and Stade (Germany) power plants .
From all treated assemblies, a total of 940 tons have been processed to date this year.
During this period, 24 canisters of vitrified fission products have been produced(1).
Since the beginning of the year, 530 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, 612 canisters have been produced.

                                                                                                         
The actuality, it is also...
COGEMA will be present December the 5 and 6 at Le Havre's Environment show.

(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