Commission Opinion of 30 August 2002 concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste resulting from modifications at the site of the Isar Nuclear Power Station KKI 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

C 208/2

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Official Journal of the European Communities

3.9.2002

COMMISSION OPINION

of 30 August 2002

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

(2002/C 208/02)

(Only the German text is authentic)

On 30 January 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 Isar Nuclear Power Station KKI.

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 Isar Nuclear Power
Station KKI, 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.

COMMISSION OPINION

of 30 August 2002

concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste arising from the dismantling of the
UKAEA Dounreay Fast Reactor located in the United Kingdom in accordance with Article 37
of the Euratom Treaty

(2002/C 208/03)

(Only the English text is authentic)

On 4 February 2002, the European Commission received from the Government of the United Kingdom, in
accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty, general data relating to the plan for the disposal of
radioactive waste arising from the dismantling of the UKAEA Dounreay Fast Reactor.

On the basis of these data, and following consultation with the group of experts, the Commission has
drawn up the following opinion:

(a) The distance between the plant and the nearest point of another Member State, in this case Denmark,

is approximately 370 km.