Weekly report : from November 27th to December 3rd, 2003

Press release

December 04, 2003

Treatment activity:

During this period, the Establishment treated 26 tons of spent fuel assemblies coming from EDF (France) and Stade (Germany) power plants.
From all treated assemblies, a total of 966 tons have been processed to date this year.
During this period, 12 canisters of vitrified fission products have been produced(1).
Since the beginning of the year, 542 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, 632 canisters have been produced.

Shipment activity :
A shipment containing 2 casks of spent fuel assembling coming from power plants of Netherlands, arrived on November 28 at the Valognes railway terminal. 

                                                                                                        
The actuality, it is also...
COGEMA will be present December the 6 and 7 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