Treatment activity:
During this period, the Establishment treated 19 tons of spent fuel assemblies coming from EDF power plants.
From all treated assemblies, a total of 114 tons have been processed to date this year.
During this period, 9 canisters of vitrified fission products have been produced(1).
It should be noted that the facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 20 canisters of compacted residues.
Since the beginning of the year, 74 canisters have been produced.
Shipment activity :
One shipment of 2casks of spent fuel assemblies from Netherlands arrived at the Valognes railway terminal on the January 16th.
January 19th, took place the 9th return of vitrified residues from France to Japan. This transport consisted of 5 casks containing 132 containers of glass. The shipment left Cherbourg - France - at 16:25 pm.
(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.