Treatment activity :
During this week, 44.91 tons of spent fuel assemblies from EDF and Neckar germany power plants have been processed on the site.
From all treated assemblies, a total of 763.6 tons have been processed to date this year.
Four of the six lines of vitrification of fission products* were in service. Since the beginning of the year, 431 canisters have been produced.
It should be noted that the facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 176 canisters of compacted** residues since its startup at the end of the year 2001.
* 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.
**It is about the metal envelope of the spent fuel assemblies as well as metal waste resulting from maintenance operations of the installations.