Bimonthly Report : from September 17th to 30th, 2009

10/1/2009

Press release

Treatment activity:

The treatment french used fuel is in progress and a campaign of belgian research used fuel started.
From all treated assemblies, a total of 813 tons have been processed for recycling.

For these two weeks, in the vitrification facilities 41 canisters of vitrified fission products⁽¹⁾have been produced.

Since the beginning of the year, 550 canisters have been produced.

The facility of hulls compaction produced 71 canisters of compacted residues. Since the beginning of the year, 1037 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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Christophe Neugnot
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