Because of the holiday weekend of the Ascension Day, the weekly report concerns two weeks
Treatment activity:
During this period, the plants treated 59 tons of spent fuel. From all treated assemblies, a total of 429 tons have been processed to date this year.
During this period, 20 canisters of vitrified fission products have been produced(1) in R7 and 14 in T7, vitrification facilities. Since the beginning of the year, 449 canisters have been produced.
The facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 58 canisters of compacted residues. Since the beginning of the year, 615 canisters have been produced.
(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.