Weekly report : from September 8th to 14th, 2005.

Press release

September 15, 2005

Treatment activity:

During this period, the UP2 800 and UP3 plants treated 20 tons of spent fuel. From all treated assemblies, a total of 687 tons have been processed to date this year.

During this period, 6 canisters of vitrified fission products have been produced(1) in R7 and 8 in T7, vitrification facilities. Since the beginning of the year, 596 canisters have been produced.

The facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 16 canisters of compacted residues. Since the beginning of the year, 808 canisters have been produced. 

The actuality, it is also...

The La Hague COGEMA Plant will be on show at the Caen Fair from September 16th until 26th.

One departure of vitrified residues on the September 13th, took place the 9th return of vitrified residues from France to Belgium, since April 2000. This transport consisted of a packing containing 28 containers of glass. These residues were conveyed to the Belgoprocess site for storage in a dedicated building in Dessel.

(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.