VATESI decision to approve site evaluation report for upgrading of Bituminous radioactive waste storage facility
State Nuclear Power Safety Inspectorate (VATESI) completed to review request of the State Enterprise Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant to approve the site safety evaluation report for planned Bituminous radioactive waste disposal site and made final decision to approve it:
After the assessment of SE Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant submitted Report, VATESI came to conclusion that the characteristics of the construction site of the planned landfill comply with the nuclear, radiation and physical security requirements and employees, public and environment will be protected against radiation risks.
Summarized information about the planned upgrade of the storage facility and reconstruction into a waste disposal site, as well as the the safety assessment of this planned activity carried out by VATESI is provided in the Summary of the safety review and assessment of the evaluation report of the bituminous radioactive waste disposal site of the Ignalina nuclear power plant.
Puplic and other stakeholders were invited to review the draft decision and related documents and submit their proposals as well. No proposals were received from the stakeholders within the three months term of familiarization and submission of proposals established in the Law on Nuclear Safety.
Information about the planned reconstruction of Bituminous radioactive waste storage
Bituminised radioactive waste storage facility is in the SE Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant north-west part of the territory and dedicated to store bituminised short-lived low level radioactive waste, which should be disposed in the near surface disposal facility. Currently in the facility are stored 14422 cubic metres of radioactive waste.
SE Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant is planning bituminised radioactive waste storage facility reconstruction, which is tasked to strengthen building constructions, to install additional engineering barriers and to cover current storage facility with various size hydro-isolated and protected ground layers also to install additional organisational and technical measures, which apply to disposal facility safety requirements.
Applicant information
State Enterprise Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, company code 255450080, registered address Elektrinės str. 4, K47 Drūkšinių vil., 31152 Visaginas mun., Republic of Lithuania, Tel. No. +370 386 28 985, Fax. No. +370 386 24 396, email: iae(at)iae.lt.
Last updated: 09-07-2024