Weekly report : from October 14th to 20th, 2004.

10/21/2004
Press release

Treatment activity:

During this period, the UP3 plants treated spent fuel assemblies from Grohnde, german power plant.
From all treated assemblies, a total of 925 tons have been processed to date this year.

During this period, 11 canisters of vitrified fission products have been produced(1) in T7, vitrification facility.
Since the beginning of the year, 474 canisters have been produced.

It should be noted that the facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 26 canisters of compacted residues.
Since the beginning of the year, 863 canisters have been produced
The actuality, it is also...

The fifth campaign of the road safety took place on the Establishment from October 19th to 21th.

(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.