Weekly report : from February 23th to March 2nd 2006.

Press release

March 02, 2006

Treatment activity:

During this period, the UP2 800 and UP3 plants treated 23 tons of spent fuel. From all treated assemblies, a total of 166 tons have been processed to date this year.

During this period, 13 canisters of vitrified fission products have been produced(1) in R7 and 14 in T7, vitrification facilities. Since the beginning of the year, 147 canisters have been produced.

The facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 24 canisters of compacted residues. Since the beginning of the year, 238 canisters have been produced.

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All the group's subsidiaries now share the name AREVA

(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.

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