Weekly report : from November 4th to 17 th, 2004.

Press release

November 18, 2004

Treatment activity:

During this period, the UP3 plants treated 47,5 tons of spent fuel assemblies from EDF, french power plants.
From all treated assemblies, a total of 1014 tons have been processed to date this year.

During this period, 54 canisters of vitrified fission products have been produced(1) in T7 and R7, vitrification facilities.
Since the beginning of the year, 567 canisters have been produced.

The facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 35 canister of compacted residues.
Since the beginning of the year, 920 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.