Annexes to COM(2018)467 - Dedicated financial programme for decommissioning of nuclear facilities and management of radioactive waste

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dossier COM(2018)467 - Dedicated financial programme for decommissioning of nuclear facilities and management of radioactive waste.
document COM(2018)467 EN
date January 25, 2021
ANNEX I

Detailed description of the objectives of the Kozloduy programme

1.The general objective of the Kozloduy programme is to assist Bulgaria in managing the safety challenges in respect of the decommissioning of Units 1 to 4 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant. The major safety challenges to be addressed by the Kozloduy programme are:

(a)the dismantling and decontamination of the reactors’ buildings and components in accordance with the decommissioning plans. Progress made in respect of this objective is to be measured by the quantity and type of materials removed as well as earned value;

(b)the safe management of the decommissioning and radioactive waste in line with the needs identified in the respective decommissioning plan and of activated materials and dismantling materials, including their decontamination up to interim storage or to disposal (depending on the waste category), as well as the completion of the waste and material management infrastructure where necessary. This objective has to be accomplished in accordance with the decommissioning plan and subject to the necessary management of radioactive waste. Progress made in respect of this objective is to be measured by the quantity and type of material released from regulatory control and waste safely stored or disposed as well as earned value; and

(c)to continue the downgrading of radiological hazards. Progress made in respect of this objective is to be measured through the safety assessments of the activities and the facility, identifying ways in which potential exposures could occur and estimating the probabilities and magnitude of potential exposures. In the Kozloduy programme, the release of the facilities from regulatory control up to corresponding regulatory free-release levels is due to take place by the end of 2030.

2.The general objective of the Kozloduy programme is complemented by the aim of enhancing the EU added value of that programme by contributing to the dissemination of knowledge on the decommissioning process (thereby generated) to all Member States. In the financing period starting as of 2021, the Kozloduy programme has to deliver the following:

(a)develop ties and exchanges among Union stakeholders (e.g. Member States, safety authorities, and utilities and decommissioning operators);

(b)document explicit knowledge and make it available through multilateral knowledge transfers on decommissioning and waste management governance issues, managerial best practices, and technological challenges and decommissioning processes at both operational and organisational level, with a view to developing potential Union synergies.

These activities can be funded by the Union at a rate of 100 %.

Progress made in respect of this objective is to be measured by the amount of knowledge products created and their reach.

3.The disposal of spent fuel and radioactive waste in a deep geological repository and the preparation thereof is excluded from the financial envelope referred to in Article 4(1).


ANNEX II

Detailed description of the objectives of the Bohunice programme

1.The general objective of the Bohunice programme is to assist Slovakia in managing the safety challenges in respect of the decommissioning of Units 1 and 2 of the Bohunice V1 Nuclear Power Plant. The major safety challenges to be addressed by the Bohunice programme are:

(a)the dismantling and decontamination of the reactors’ buildings and components in accordance with the decommissioning plans. Progress made in respect of this objective is to be measured by the quantity and type of materials removed as well as earned value;

(b)the safe management of the decommissioning and radioactive waste in line with the needs identified in the respective decommissioning plan and of activated materials and dismantling materials, including their decontamination up to interim storage or to disposal (depending on the waste category), as well as the completion of the waste and material management infrastructure where necessary. This objective has to be accomplished in accordance with the decommissioning plan and subject to the necessary management of radioactive waste. Progress made in respect of this objective is to be measured by the quantity and type of material released from regulatory control and waste safely stored or disposed as well as earned value; and

(c)to continue the downgrading of radiological hazards. Progress made in respect of this objective is to be measured through the safety assessments of the activities and the facility, identifying ways in which potential exposures could occur and estimating the probabilities and magnitude of potential exposures. In the Bohunice programme, the release of the facilities from regulatory control up to corresponding regulatory free-release levels is due to take place by 2025.

2.The general objective of the Bohunice programme is complemented by the aim of enhancing the EU added value of that programme by contributing to the dissemination of knowledge on the decommissioning process (thereby generated) to all Member States. In the financing period starting as of 2021, the Bohunice programme has to deliver the following:

(a)develop ties and exchanges among Union stakeholders (e.g. Member States, safety authorities, and utilities and decommissioning operators);

(b)document explicit knowledge and make it available through multilateral knowledge transfers on decommissioning and waste management governance issues, managerial best practices, and technological challenges and decommissioning processes at both operational and organisational level, with a view to developing potential Union synergies.

These activities can be funded by the Union at a rate of 100 %.

Progress made in respect of this objective is to be measured by the amount of knowledge products created and their reach.

3.The disposal of spent fuel and radioactive waste in a deep geological repository and the preparation thereof is excluded from the financial envelope referred to in Article 4(1).


ANNEX III

Detailed description of the objectives of the JRC decommissioning and waste management programme

1.The general objective of the JRC decommissioning and waste management programme is to pursue the decommissioning of the Commission’s nuclear installations at the JRC sites, namely JRC-Geel in Belgium, JRC-Karlsruhe in Germany, JRC-Ispra in Italy and JRC-Petten in the Netherlands, and to safely manage the spent fuel, nuclear material and radioactive waste. The general objective of the JRC decommissioning and waste management programme is complemented by the aim of enhancing the EU added value of that programme by contributing to the dissemination of knowledge on the decommissioning process (thereby generated) to all Member States. In the financing period starting as of 2021, the JRC decommissioning and waste management programme has to deliver the following:

1.1.At all sites:

(a)safely manage radioactive waste, nuclear material and spent fuel;

(b)explore and develop options for the transfer of decommissioning and waste management liabilities to the host Member State, based on the mutual bilateral agreement concluded between the Commission and the host Member State;

(c)develop ties and exchanges among Union stakeholders (e.g. Member States, safety authorities, and utilities and decommissioning operators);

(d)document explicit knowledge and make it available through multilateral knowledge transfers on decommissioning and waste management governance issues, managerial best practices, and technological challenges and decommissioning processes at both operational and organisational level, with a view to developing potential Union synergies.

1.2.At the JRC-Ispra site (depending on release of the relevant authorisations by the Italian safety authorities), in accordance with national law:

(a)retrieve, treat and safely store historical waste;

(b)retrieve, treat and safely store nuclear material and spent fuel;

(c)decommission facilities that have been shut down.

1.3.At the JRC-Karlsruhe site (depending on release of the relevant authorisations by the German safety authorities), in accordance with national law:

(a)decommission obsolete equipment;

(b)minimise the inventory of radioactive waste, nuclear material and spent fuel;

(c)decommission facilities that have been shut down and store associated radioactive waste;

(d)preparatory phases of the decommissioning of building parts.

1.4.At the JRC-Petten site (depending on release of the relevant authorisations by the Dutch safety authorities), in accordance with national law:

(a)minimise the inventory of radioactive waste, nuclear material and spent fuel;

(b)retrieve, treat and safely manage the historical radioactive waste;

(c)preparatory phases of the decommissioning of the high-flux reactor;

(d)decommission the high-flux reactor facilities and safely manage associated radioactive waste.

1.5.At the JRC-Geel site (depending on release of the relevant authorisations by the Belgian safety authorities), in accordance with national law:

(a)decommission obsolete equipment;

(b)minimise the inventory of radioactive waste and nuclear material;

(c)preparatory phases of the decommissioning of building parts.

Progress made in respect of this objective is to be measured by the quantity and type of safely stored or disposed-of waste, by the quantity and type of safely stored or disposed-of nuclear material and spent fuel and by the quantity and type of materials removed, as appropriate. The progress of the JRC decommissioning and waste management programme is to be generally measured by expected results, milestones, target dates, as well as the corresponding key performance indicators, including, where appropriate, earned-value-based indicators.

2.The general objective of the JRC decommissioning and waste management programme is complemented by the aim of enhancing the EU added value of that programme by contributing to the dissemination of knowledge on the decommissioning process (thereby generated) to all Member States. In the financing period starting as of 2021, the JRC decommissioning and waste management programme has to deliver the following:

2.1.develop ties and exchanges among Union stakeholders (e.g. Member States, safety authorities, and utilities and decommissioning operators);

2.2.document explicit knowledge and make it available through multilateral knowledge transfers on decommissioning and waste management governance issues, managerial best practices, and technological challenges and decommissioning processes at both operational and organisational level, with a view to developing potential Union synergies.

Progress made in respect of this objective is to be measured by the amount of knowledge products created and their reach.

3.The disposal of spent fuel and radioactive waste in a deep geological repository is included in the scope of the JRC decommissioning and waste management programme, as required by Directive 2011/70/Euratom.


ANNEX IV

Indicators to report on the progress of the Programme towards the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 3

(1)Radioactive waste management:

—quantity and type of waste safely stored or disposed of, with annual objectives by type, meeting the milestones of the Programme;

(2)Dismantling and decontamination:

—quantity and type of materials removed, with annual objectives by type, meeting the milestones of the Programme.