Treatment activity :
During this period, the Establishment treated (1) 45.9 tons of spent fuel assemblies from a batch of EDF.
Since the beginning of the year, 288 canisters have been produced in the vitrification facilities. The facility of compaction of hulls (ACC) produced 51 canisters of residues compacted (2) since its startup at the end of 2001.
(1)the Treatment consists in separating, within spent fuel, on the one hand, the reusable materials - uranium and plutonium - in order to recycle them and, on the other hand, the ultimate residues - fission products and other waste - in order to condition them in a sure way.
(2)It is about the metal envelope of the spent fuel assemblies as well as metal waste resulting from maintenance operations of the installations.
7/5/2002