EN Official Journal of the European Union C 347/1

COMMISSION OPINION

of 2 October 2014

relating to the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste from the National Radioactive Waste Repository, located adjacent to the Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant site in Slovakia

(Only the Slovak text is authentic)

(2014/C 347/01)

The assessment below is carried out under the provisions of the Euratom Treaty, without prejudice to any additional assessments to be carried out under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the obligations stemming from it and from secondary legislation (1).

On 24 March 2014, the European Commission received from the Slovak Government, in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty, General Data relating to the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste arising from the Mochovce National Radioactive Waste Repository.

On the basis of these data and additional information requested by the Commission on 29 April 2014 and provided by the Slovak authorities on 5 June 2014, and following consultation with the Group of Experts, the Commission has drawn up the following opinion:

1. The distance between the National Radioactive Waste Repository and the nearest point of another Member State, in this case Hungary is some 40 km.

2. During the National Radioactive Waste Repository’s operational period: — Radioactive waste will be emplaced without intention of retrieval. — The National Radioactive Waste Repository will only be subjected to a discharge authorisation for liquid radioactive effluents. Under normal operating conditions, the National Radioactive Waste Repository will not release airborne radioactive effluents and the discharge of liquid radioactive effluents is not liable to cause an exposure of the population in another Member State that would be significant from the point of view of health. — In the event of unplanned releases of radioactive effluents, that may follow the accidents of the type and magnitude considered in the General Data, the doses likely to be received by the population in another Member State would not be significant from the point of view of health.

3. Beyond the National Radioactive Waste Repository’s operational period: — The measures envisaged for the final closure of the National Radioactive Waste Repository as described in the General Data provide reliance that the conclusions under point 2 above will remain valid in the long term.

In conclusion, the Commission is of the opinion that the implementation of the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste in whatever form arising from the National Radioactive Waste Repository located adjacent to the Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant site in Slovakia, during its normal operational life and after its final closure, as well as in the event of accidents of the type and magnitude considered in the General Data, is not liable to result in a radioactive contamination significant from the point of view of health, of the water, soil or airspace of another Member State.

Done at Brussels, 2 October 2014. For the Commission Günther OETTINGER Vice-President

(1) For instance, under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, environmental aspects should be further assessed. Indicatively, the Commission would like to draw attention to the provisions of Directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment, Directive 2001/42/EC on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment, as well as to the Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy.