Weekly report : from May 27th to June 2nd, 2004

Press release

June 04, 2004

Treatment activity:

During this period, the Establishment  treated 38,74 tons of spent fuel assemblies from EDF power plants.
From all treated assemblies, a total of 631,39 tons have been processed to date this year.
During this period, 18 canisters of vitrified fission products have been produced(1).
Since the beginning of the year, 282 canisters have been produced.

It should be noted that the facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 31 canister of compacted residues.
Since the beginning of the year, 478 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.