Weekly report : from April 28th to May 11th, 2005.

Press release

May 12, 2005

Treatment activity:

During this period, the UP2 800 and UP3 plants treated 46 tons of spent fuel.
From all treated assemblies, a total of 426 tons have been processed to date this year.

During this period, 27 canisters of vitrified fission products have been produced(1) in R7 and 28 in T7, vitrification facilities.
Since the beginning of the year, 365 canisters have been produced.

The facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 38 canisters of compacted residues.Since the beginning of the year, 448 canisters have been produced.

The actuality, it is also...

May 10 to 16th, 2005: COGEMA is in St Vaast la Hougue with "Défi des ports de pêche", everyday from 10am to 20 pm and on saturday from 10 am to 23pm. 
                                         

                                   
(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.