Treatment activity:
During this period, the UP3 plants treated 28 tons of spent fuel assemblies from EDF, french power plants.
From all treated assemblies, a total of 1042 tons have been processed to date this year.
During this period, 22 canisters of vitrified fission products have been produced(1) in T7 and R7, vitrification facilities.
Since the beginning of the year, 589 canisters have been produced.
The facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 18 canister of compacted residues.
Since the beginning of the year, 938 canisters have been produced.
The actuality, it is also...
One shipment of 1 cask (TN52L) of 52 spent fuel assemblies from Leibstadt (Switzerland) arrived at the Valognes railway terminal on the November, 24th at 11:26 am. It correspond to 9.15 uranium tons, which allowed to supply 390 000 persons with electricity during one year.
(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.