National Report on Implementation of Council Directive 2011/70/EURATOM in Lithuania submitted to European Commission
On 22 Аugust 2024, VATESI submitted National Report on Implementation of Council Directive 2011/70/EURATOM (hereinafter – Report) of 19 July 2011 Establishing a Community Framework for the Responsible and Safe Management of Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste to the European Commission.
Report presents detailed information how Lithuania implements safety objectives for spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste management that are set out in the Directive and ensures the high level of nuclear safety in Lithuania's nuclear fuel and radioactive waste management facilities. Also, report contains updated information on new radioactive waste management facilities, management of radioactive waste, ionizing radiation sources and spent nuclear fuel, state supervision of mentioned waste management and changes in these areas over the last three years.
During the recent three years period, all spent nuclear fuel was unloaded from Unit 1 and Unit 2 of the permanently shut down Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (Ignalina NPP) and transported to a spent nuclear fuel storage facility. VATESI issued a permit for the industrial operation of solid radioactive waste retrieval facilities from old storage facilities and a licence for the decommissioning of Maišiagala radioactive waste storage facility. Also, repository for short-lived very low-level waste was constructed and Lithuania continuously implements Ignalina NPP's decommissioning (dismantling) projects.
The Report also provides updated information on the amount of radioactive waste at the Ignalina NPP and their projected amount for storage in the storage facilities and for disposal in disposal facilities. The Report contains information on the cooperation with foreign organizations and their (ARTEMIS, IRRS) missions aimed at assessing compliance with modern safety standards.
This Report was prepared in cooperation with Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Finance, Radiation Protection Centre and State Enterprise Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant.
National Report on Implementation of the Council Directive 2011/70/EURATOM (2024, pdf)