Treatment activity:
During this period, the Establishment treated 40 tons of spent fuel assemblies coming from EDF (France) and Stade (Germany) power plants .
From all treated assemblies, a total of 1006 tons have been processed to date this year. During this period, 16 canisters of vitrified fission products have been produced(1).
Since the beginning of the year, 558 canisters have been produced.
It should be noted that the facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 18 canisters of compacted residues.
Since the beginning of the year, 650 canisters have been produced.
Shipment activity :
A shipment containing 5 casks of 344 spent fuel assembling coming from research reactor HIFAR Australia, arrived on December 8 at the Valognes railway terminal.
(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