Bimonthly Report : from October 15th to 28th, 2009

10/29/2009
Press release
Treatment activity:
 
The treatment of italian used fuel began.
From all treated assemblies, a total of  867 tons have been processed for recycling.

For these two weeks, in the vitrification facilities 51 canisters of vitrified fission products(1) have been produced.
Since the beginning of the year, 633 canisters have been produced.

The facility of hulls compaction produced 69 canisters of compacted residues.
Since the beginning of the year, 1167 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.


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