Weekly report : from June, 8th to 14th 2006.

Press release

June 16, 2006

Treatment activity:

During this period, the plants treated 13 tons of spent fuel.
From all treated assemblies, a total of 451.5 tons have been processed to date this year.
During this period, 7 canisters of vitrified fission products have been produced(1) in R7 and 14 in T7, vitrification facilities.
Since the beginning of the year, 481 canisters have been produced.
The facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 31 canisters of compacted residues.
Since the beginning of the year, 670 canisters have been produced.

The actuality, it is also...
One shipment of spent fuel assemblies from Gösgen-Daniken (Switzerland) arrived at the COGEMA La Hague plant june, 15th.
It was a shipment of 4,9 tons of uranium, which allowed to supply more than 200 000 people with electricity during one year.

(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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