Treatment activity:
During this period, the UP2 800 and UP3 plants treated 15 tons of spent fuel. From all treated assemblies, a total of 34 tons have been processed to date this year.
During this period, 2 canisters of vitrified fission products have been produced(1) in R7 and 2 in T7, vitrification facilities.
The facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 32 canisters of compacted residues. Since the beginning of the year, 72 canisters have been produced.
The actuality, it is also...
...the return of a cask containing 28 containers of vitrified residues to Belgium last Tuesday, January 17th. Realized according to the intergovernmental agreements, the transport left the terminal of COGEMA LOGISTICS at 12:13 am and joined, the next day, the site of storage in Dessel ( Belgium).
(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.