Commission Opinion of 30 August 2002 concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste resulting from modifications at the site of the Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power Station GKN in the Federal Republic of Germany in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty
Date: 2002-08-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, nuclear power station, nuclear safety, pollution control, radioactive effluent, radioactive waste

3.9.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 208/3

(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 point of view health.

(c) Solid intermediate level and low level radioactive wastes are stored at the site.

(d) In the event of umplanned 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 point of view of health.

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 dismantling of the UKAEA Dounreay Fast Reactor in
the United Kingdom, 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 radioactive contamination, significant from the
point of view of health, of the water, soil or airspace of another Member State.

COMMISSION OPINION

of 30 August 2002

concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste resulting from modifications at the site
of the Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power Station GKN in the Federal Republic of Germany in
accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty

(2002/C 208/04)

(Only the German text is authentic)

On 12 February 2002, 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 modifications at the site of the Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power
Station GKN.

On the basis of these data, the Commission has considered that the plan concerned modifications to an
existing plan on which an opinion had already been given. The Commission has further taken into
consideration that the intermediate storage facility for irradiated fuel resulting from those modifications
is designed to operate up to 40 years and could remain in operation after decommissioning and
dismantling of the existing plant. Following consultation with the group of experts, the Commission
has drawn up the following opinion:

(a) The planned modifications require no changes to the existing authorised limits for gaseous and liquid

discharges.

(b) The planned modifications have no consequences in relation to the solid radioactive waste arising from

the operation of the existing plant.

(c) The planned modifications have no consequences in relation to the unplanned discharges of radioactive
substances, which may follow an accident of the type and magnitude considered in the general data of
the existing plan.

In conclusion, the Commission is of the opinion that the implementation of the plan for the disposal of
radioactive waste in whatever form resulting from modifications at the site of the Neckarwestheim Nuclear
Power Station GKN, located in the Federal Republic of Germany, 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
radioactive contamination, significant from the point of view of health, of the water, soil or airspace of
another Member State.