Bimonthly Report from October 7th to 20th

October 21, 2010

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

Since the beginning of the year, 940 tons have been processed for recycling.

• In the vitrification facilities, 37 canisters of vitrified fission products⁽¹⁾ have been produced.
  
            Since the beginning of the year, 526 canisters have been produced.
  
  
• The facility of hulls compaction produced 52 canisters of compacted residues.
  
            Since the beginning of the year, 1135 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.