Bimonthly Report from August 12th to 25th

8/26/2010

The facilities are shut down for maintenance. The facilities of vitrification and hulls compaction resumed their production.

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

  • In the vitrification facilities, 9 canisters of vitrified fission products(1) have been produced.

              Since the beginning of the year,391 canisters have been produced.

  • The facility of hulls compaction produced 43 canisters of compacted residues.

              Since the beginning of the year,872 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.

Contact presse AREVA
Contact presse AREVA

 Christophe Neugnot
T : 02 33 02 63 22
P : 06 80 93 69 93
christophe.neugnot@areva.com

   Estelle Sennesal
T : 02 33 02 40 02
P : 06 08 27 05 69
estelle.sennesal@areva.com