Treatment activity:
During this period, the UP2 800 and UP3 plants treated 25.25 tons of spent fuel assemblies.
From all treated assemblies, a total of 100.09 tons have been processed to date this year.
During this period, 10 canisters of vitrified fission products have been produced(1) in R7 and 12 in T7, vitrification facilities.
Since the beginning of the year, 41 canisters have been produced.
The facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 22 canisters of compacted residues.
Since the beginning of the year, 99 canisters have been produced.
The actuality, it is also...
Monitoring error on a vitrified waste canister
(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.