Treatment activity:
During this period, the Establishment treated 22 tons of spent fuel assemblies coming from EDF and Philippsburg's power plants.
From all treated assemblies, a total of 793 tons have been processed to date this year.
During this period, 17 canisters of vitrified fission products have been produced(1).
Since the beginning of the year, 365 canisters have been produced.
It should be noted that the facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 17 canisters of compacted residues.
Since the beginning of the year, 461 canisters have been produced.
The actuality, it is also...
COGEMA La Hague meets you :
- with the trade fair of Saint-Lô from October 8th to 13th
- with the festival of the science from October 14th to 19th (Cité de la Mer)
Shipment activity :
One shipment of 4 casks of spent fuel assemblies from Germany arrived at the Valognes railway terminal on the October 9th at 12:23 pm.
(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.