Report from September 4th to 17th, 2012

Since the beginning of the year, 637 tons of spent fuels from EDF were treated, with the aim of their recycling. 

• 459 containers of vitrified waste⁽¹⁾ were elaborated in vitrification facilities.
• 527 containers of compacted waste⁽²⁾ were elaborated in the facility of compaction of hulls, which assures the packaging of the metallic structures of spent fuels. 

Actuality is also …

• September 13th, a rail shipment of 6.7 tons of Dutch used nuclear fuel arrived from AREVA’s railway terminal in Valognes (France) in order to be transported to AREVA la Hague plant for recycling.
• September 7th, run-up of the season 2012-2013 of the 1st team of JSC handball supported by AREVA, with a visit of the site by the leaders and the players followed by a meeting with the employees.

⁽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.

⁽²⁾The compacted waste corresponds to the metallic structures of spent fuels, which once compacted, allow to divide by 5 the volume of the ultimate waste.