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Weekly report : from June 28th to July, 4th 2007.

Press release

July 05, 2007

Treatment activity:
  
During this period, the UP2 800 and UP3 plants treated 20 tons of spent fuel. From all treated assemblies, a total of 661 tons have been processed to date this year.

During this period, 22 canisters of vitrified fission products has been produced(1) in the vitrification facilities. Since the beginning of the year, 382 canisters have been produced.

The facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 36 canisters of compacted residues. Since the beginning of the year, 772 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.