Weekly report : from April 14th to 20th, 2005.

Press release

April 21, 2005

Treatment activity:

During this period, the UP2 800 and UP3 plants treated 29.7 tons of spent fuel.
From all treated assemblies, a total of 359 tons have been processed to date this year.

During this period, 10 canisters of vitrified fission products have been produced(1) in R7 and 11 in T7, vitrification facilities.
Since the beginning of the year, 289 canisters have been produced.

The facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 33 canisters of compacted residues.
Since the beginning of the year, 380 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.