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COMMISSION  OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 
COM(83) 330 final 
Brussels,  7 June 1983 
Communication  from the Commission  to the  Council 
Revision  of the  Comunity  plan of action in the  field of radioactive  waste 
COM(83) 330 final 

Communicat ion from the Commission  to the Council 
Subject : Revision of the  Community  plan of action in the  field of 
radioactive  waste. 
The Commission  would refer to the Council Resolution of 
18 February  1980 <0J N° C 51/1,  29.2.1980)  on the implementation  of 
a Community  plan of action in the  field of radioactive  waste. 
In this Resolution it is stated that the plan  "runs from 1980 
to 1992 and is reviewable  every  three years". 
In the context of the additional task associated with the 
implementation  of this plan - a task assigned  under another  Council 
Resolution of 18  February  1980 COJ N° C 51/4,  29.2.1980)  - the 
Advisory  Committee  on Programme  Management  for the  Management  and 
Storage  of Radioactive  Waste examined  the desirability  of a possible 
revision  of the plan of action at its  sixth meeting,  held on 5  November 
1982, when it approved  of the annexed  opinion. 
Consequently,  the Commission  is now in a position to  comment  on 
a possible  amendment  to the Community  plan of action in the  field of 
radioactive  wastes. 
In the first place, the  Commission  notes that this plan of action 
fits perfectly into the  overall  framework  programme  of scientific  and 
technical  research,  development  and demonstration  activities  which it is 
proposing to the  European  Community  for the  years 1984-87  (*). This pro­
gramme involves the consolidation and  intensification  of the  fission 
nuclear energy  R, D & D projects in  fields  concerning safety, health and 
environmental  protection. 
The Commission  also notes that the points underlying the plan are 
still valid as the  activities  currently being  pursued  show; these include : 
- the analysis of the  situation  prevailing in radioactive 
waste management  in the Community  and its prospects,  such an 
analysis  being the subject of a separate  Communication  froa the 
Commission  to the Council; 
- the examination  of the measures  likely  to ensure  the 
long-term  storage of radioactive  wastes under optimum  conditions 
and for which a Community  study (Project  PAGIS)  has been initiated; 
(*) Proposals for a  European  Scientific  and Technical Strategy  Framework 
Programme,  1984-87  (Doc. C0M(82)  865 final of 21 December  1982). 

2.-
- a consultation  on the quality  and properties  of conditioned 
wastes supported  by a co-ordinated project  under the  R&D programme 
on he management  and storage  of radioactive  wastes; 
- the preparation  of information  documents  complementing the 
analysis  of the  situation  prevailing  in radioactive  waste management  in 
the Community  referred  to above. 
Consequently,  the Commission  feels that the implementation  of the 
plan of action should continue along  the lines defined  at present  by this 
plan and that no revision  is necessary.  It reserves  the right, however, 
to propose  amendments  to the  Council before  the expiry of the new  period 
of three years,  which has  just begun,  should the need  arise. 

ADVISORY  COMMITTEE  ON PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT 
Community  Plan of Action in the  Field of Radioactive  Waste 
Opinion 
In accordance  with the Council Resolution  of 18 February  1980 * on  the im­
plementation  of a Community  plan of action (1980-1992)  in the  field of 
radioactive  waste,  reviewable every three years,  the Advisory  Committee  on 
Programme  Management  (ACPM)  discussed,  at its meeting of 5 November  1982, the 
advisability  of amending  the plan with  effect from 1983. 
The Committee  held an exchange  of views on the  general  situation  as regards 
waste management  in the  Community,  as described  in the  report entitled 
"Analysis  of the present  situation  and prospects  in the  field of radioactive 
waste management  in the  Community",  drawn up by the  Commission  in implementa­
tion of point 1 of the plan.  The Committee  considered  the report a fair reflec­
tion both of the present  situation  in the  Member states and of the  future pros­
pects, as derived  from the information supplied  by the  countries  concerned. 
In the same context,  the Committee  took note of the  progress that  had been 
made since its  meeting of 17 February  1982 with regard  to the  other points  of 
the plan. 
The Committee  was particularly  pleased with  the progress on the PAGIS concei— 
ted-action  project  (performance  assessment  of geological  isolation  systems). 
The Committee  considered that  the content, guidelines  and implementation  of 
the plan  were  still directly  relevant  to present  requirements  as regards  waste 
management  in the  Community. 
Consequently,  the Committee  was of the  unanimous  opinion that the  Community 
Plan of action need not at  present be altered in any way. It  did not,  however 
rule out the  possibility  of its being  amended  before the expiry of the  next 
three-year period  (1983-1985). 
Done at Brussels,  5 November  1982. 
P. DEJONGHE 
Chairman of the ACPM Plan of Action 
*0J N° C 51/1,  29.2.1980