Weekly report : from January 4th to 10th 2007.

Press release

January 11, 2007

Treatment activity:
 
During this period, the UP2 800 and UP3 plants treated 36 tons of spent fuel. From all treated assemblies, a total of 38,5 tons have been processed to date this year.

The vitrification facilities are temporary shut down for maintenance. 

The facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 29 canisters of compacted residues. Since the beginning of the year, 34 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.

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