Bimonthly Report from August 26th to September 8th

September 09, 2010

A campaign of treatment of used fuels EDF is in progress.

Since the beginning of the year, 836 tons have been processed for recycling.

• In the vitrification facilities, 27 canisters of vitrified fission products⁽¹⁾ have been produced.
  
            Since the beginning of the year, 418 canisters have been produced.
  
  
• The facility of hulls compaction produced 74 canisters of compacted residues.
  
            Since the beginning of the year, 946 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.