Treatment activity:
During this period, the UP2 800 and UP3 plants treated 21 tons of spent fuel. From all treated assemblies, a total of 380 tons have been processed to date this year.
During this period, 13 canisters of vitrified fission products have been produced(1) in R7 and 8 in T7, vitrification facilities. Since the beginning of the year, 310 canisters have been produced.
The facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 30 canisters of compacted residues. Since the beginning of the year, 410 canisters have been produced.
The actuality, it is also...
April 25th, 2005: Anne Lauvergeon, Chairman of the AREVA Board of Directors, receives from James Tulenko, Chairman of the ANS, the "Nuclear Historic Landmark Award", given to the COGEMA La Hague Plant. A distinction awarding sites contributing to the development of nuclear power and showing technological innovation.
Arrival of spent fuel from Germany at the COGEMA Logistics railway terminal of Valognes.
(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.