Weekly report : from May 3rd to 9th 2007.

Treatment activity:
  
During this period, the UP2 800 and UP3 plants treated 46 tons of spent fuel. From all treated assemblies, a total of 383,5 tons have been processed to date this year.

During this period, 15 canisters of vitrified fission products has been produced⁽¹⁾ in the vitrification facilities. Since the beginning of the year, 229 canisters have been produced.

The facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 38 canisters of compacted residues. Since the beginning of the year, 489 canisters have been produced.

The actuality, it is also...
...AREVA and SOGIN sign a contract to reprocess 235 tons of used fuel



(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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