Commission opinion of 18 March 1999 concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste from the decommissioning and dismantling of the Rheinsberg Nuclear Power Plant located in the Land Brandenburg in the Federal Republic of Germany in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty (Only the German text is authentic)
Date: 1999-03-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Brandenburg, environmental protection, nuclear power station, public health, radioactive effluent

9.4.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 97/11

COMMISSION OPINION

of 18 March 1999

concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste from the decommissioning and
dismantling of the Rheinsberg Nuclear Power Plant located in the Land Brandenburg in the
Federal Republic of Germany in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty

(Only the German text is authentic)

(1999/C 97/08)

On 25 September 1998, the European Commission received
from the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, in
accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty, general data
relating to the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste
resulting from the decommissioning and dismantling of the
Rheinsberg Nuclear Power Plant
in the Land Bran-
denburg.

(KKR)

On the basis of
these data and clarifications subsequently
provided by the German Government, and following consul-
tation with the group of experts, the Commission has drawn
up the following opinion.

(a) The distance between the plant and the closest State border
(with the Republic of Poland) is 80 km, the nearest terri-
tories of Member States being at about 180 km (Denmark)
and 250 km (Sweden).

(b) Under normal operating conditions, the discharges of liquid
and gaseous effluents will not cause an exposure of the
population in other Member States significant from the
health point of view.

(c) Radioactive waste arising from the dismantling operations
will be stored or disposed of in licensed sites in Germany

(the ZLN interim storage facility and the deep geological
repository in Morsleben); non-radioactive solid waste or
residual materials and materials which are released from
regulatory control subject
to compliance with clearance
levels will be released for disposal as conventional waste
or for reuse or recycling, in all cases complying with the
criteria laid down in the Basic Safety Standards (Directive
96/29/Euratom); other materials will be stored for radio-
active decay or used or recycled in nuclear installations in
Germany.

(d) In the event of unplanned discharges of radioactive waste
which may follow an accident of the type and magnitude
considered in the general data,
the doses likely to be
received by the population in other Member States would
not be significant from the health point of view.

the opinion that

the Commission is of

the
In conclusion,
the plan for the disposal of radioactive
implementation of
the
waste from the decommissioning and dismantling of
Rheinsberg Nuclear Power Plant, both in normal operation
and in the event of an accident of the type and magnitude
considered in the general data,
is not liable to result in the
radioactive contamination, significant from the point of view of
health, of the water, soil or airspace of another Member State.