Weekly report : from January 19th to 25th 2006.

Press release

January 30, 2006

Treatment activity:

During this period, the UP2 800 and UP3 plants treated 18 tons of spent fuel.
From all treated assemblies, a total of 52 tons have been processed to date this year.

During this period, 7 canisters of vitrified fission products have been produced(1) in R7 and 7 in T7, vitrification facilities.

The facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 32 canisters of compacted residues.
Since the beginning of the year, 104 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.