Bimonthly Report from July 29th to August 11th

August 12, 2010

The facilities are shut down for maintenance.

Since the beginning of the year, 803 tons have been processed for recycling.

Since the beginning of the year,

• In the vitrification facilities⁽¹⁾ 382 canisters have been produced, and, the facility of hulls compaction produced 829 canisters. 

 
(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.