UP2 plant :
The UP2 plant is on shutdown period for maintenance.
At the R7 vitrification facility, lines A, B and C are on standby.
UP3 plant :
At the UP3 plant, shearing of fuel assemblies from a batch of 1300 MWe EDF fuel is in progress in the T1 head-end facility.
A total of 192 metric tons of uranium have been processed to date this year.
A total of 18 canisters have been produced at the T7 vitrification facility.
Shipments
On February the 26th, the second shipment of vitrified residues left the Valognes railway terminal from France to Switzerland.
The Castor HAW 20/28 CG transport cask containing 28 canisters of vitrified wastes will be unloaded from the train and taken to a special storage building at Zwilag, Würenlingen.
On February the 27th, the fourth shipment of vitrified residues left the Valognes railway terminal from France to Belgium.
The shipment from the COGEMA La Hague plant, in France, to the specially designed storage facility on a Belgoprocess site at Dessels, Belgium, is being made under reprocessing-recycling contracts between Synatom and COGEMA and in accordance with directives from Belgian authorities.
For further information about shipments, please consult our website "www.cogemalahague.fr"