Weekly report : from January 22th to January 28th, 2004

Press release

January 29, 2004

Treatment activity:

During this period, the Establishment treated 29 tons of spent fuel assemblies coming from EDF power plants and Grafenrheinfeld, german power plant.

From all treated assemblies, a total of 143 tons have been processed to date this year.

During this period, 13 canisters of vitrified fission products have been produced(1).
Since the beginning of the year, 22 canisters have been produced.
It should be noted that the facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 10 canisters of compacted residues.
Since the beginning of the year, 84 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.