Weekly report : from March 23th to 29th 2006.

Press release

March 30, 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 252 tons have been processed to date this year.

During this period, 14 canisters of vitrified fission products have been produced(1) in R7 and 11 in T7, vitrification facilities. Since the beginning of the year, 238 canisters have been produced.

The facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 20 canisters of compacted residues. Since the beginning of the year, 362 canisters have been produced.

The actuality, it is also...

On April 4th, the stopover of a ship BNG (2) is envisaged in the harbour of Cherbourg to load a model of packing of vitrified residues for Sellafield.

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(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.
(2) BNG : British Nuclear Group

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