No C 73/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 19.3.85 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Modification of the proposal for a Council Decision adopting a programme on the 
management and storage of radioactive waste (1985-1989) (') 
COM( 8 5)23 final 
(Submitted to the Council by the Commission pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 
119 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community on 12 February 
1985) 
(85/C 73/08) 
Pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 119 of the Treaty establishing the European 
Atomic Energy Community, the proposal for a Council Decision adopting a programme 
on the management and storage of radioactive waste (1985-1989) is modified as follows: 
O Doc. COM(84)231 final. 
ANNEX 2 
DESCRIPTION OF THE TECHNICAL CONTENTS OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAMME 
PART A 
Tasks 1 and 2 unchanged 
Task 3 
Objectives and introduction unchanged 
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(a) Conditioned wastes (a) Conditioned wastes 
5 indents unchanged 
— other alpha waste 
Rest unchanged 
Task 4 
Objectives unchanged 
The realization of underground disposal facilities requires The realization of underground disposal facilities requires 
the continuation of research and development support work the continuation of research and development support work 
for their design and construction and also for the collection for their design and construction and also for the collection 
of scientific data to be used in the assessment of their long- of scientific data to be used in the assessment of their long-
term safety. term safety and recovery in the event of breakdown. 
To this end, studies will deal with: To this end, studies will deal with: 
(a) Geological disposal of high level and alpha-bearing 
wastes (a) Geological disposal of high level and alpha-bearing 
wastes 
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7 indents unchanged 
— Thorough-going investigation of other naturally 
occurring protective geological formations 
Rest unchanged 
PARTB 
Project No 1 
Title, introduction and first two indents unchanged 
study of the combined effect of heat and radiation on 
salt as regards the following: study of the combined effect of heat and alpha-radiation 
on salt as regards the following: 
Rest of Project No 1 unchanged 
Rest of Part B unchanged 
ANNEX 7 
Proposal for a Council Decision 
Preamble and recitals unchanged 
Article 1 
OLD TEXT NEW TEXT 
A programme on the management and storage of 
radioactive waste, as defined in the Annex, is hereby 
adopted for the five-year period beginning 1 January 
1985. A programme on the management and storage of 
radioactive waste, as defined in the Annex, is hereby 
adopted for the five-year period beginning 1 January 
1985; in the framework of this programme an 
estimate is to be made of the radioactive waste to be 
stored on Community territory up to the year 2000 
and it is to be determined within five years whether 
storage of high-level nuclear waste in geological for­
mations is a storage method of guaranteed safety. 
Article 2 unchanged 
Article 3 
The programme shall be reviewed at the end of the 
second year in accordance with the appropriate pro­
cedures. This review may lead to the addition of new 
projects on underground facilities. The programme shall be reviewed at the end of the 
second year in accordance with the appropriate pro­
cedures. This review may lead to the addition of new 
projects on underground facilities. 
The European Parliament shall be kept regularly 
informed. An interim report shall be drawn up after 
two years. 
Article 4 unchanged 
Annex unchanged