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Nuclear program of Lithuania

Nuclear program of Lithuania. Dr. Vidas Paulikas, Radiation Protection Department VATESI Visaginas, 29 June 2009. Ignalina NPP. Mai šiaga l a storage facility. Ignalina NPP. Unit 1 – 31 December 2004 Unit 2 – still in operation until end of 2009. Current challenges of Ignalina NPP.

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Nuclear program of Lithuania

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  1. Nuclear program of Lithuania Dr. Vidas Paulikas, Radiation Protection Department VATESI Visaginas, 29 June 2009

  2. Ignalina NPP

  3. Maišiagala storage facility

  4. Ignalina NPP • Unit 1 – 31 December 2004 • Unit 2 – still in operation until end of 2009

  5. Current challenges of Ignalina NPP • Preparing for the decommissioning of Unit 1; • Safe operation of Unit 2, including availability of motivated staff and maintenance of a high level of safety culture; • Complete the implementation of SIP-3 of Unit 2; • Implementation of pre-decommissioning projects.

  6. Decommissioning funding • National decommissioning fund • International decommissioning fund • Ignalina program

  7. Licenses 05 25 10 15 20 30 U1 RFS U1 Defuelled U2 RFS U2 Defuelled Dismantling steps/authorizations 05 25 10 15 20 30 1 2 U1 3 4 Landfill FRMF 5 U2 core de-fueled U1 core de-fueled 1 2 U2 3 4 5 6 SITE 7 U1 Xd operation U1 Decom U2 Xd operation Site Decom

  8. Pre-conditions for decommissioning • Dry storage of spent fuel (B1); • Radioactive waste retrieval, treatment and storage facilities (B234); • Free release facilities (B10); • Very low level radioactive waste repository (B19); • Low and intermediate level radioactive waste repository (B25).

  9. Prerequisites for development • Safety culture -safety is given a highest priority and widely shared • Regaining of public trust in nuclear power • Transparence in presenting safety issues to public • Strong and competent utility, sufficient resources • Independent and effective regulatory body with necessary competence and recourses • State of art scientific and technical infrastructure • International cooperation 9 CNS RM4 GR4 14-25 April 2008, VIC, Vienna

  10. Potential problems • Lack of experience in implementing of projects of such scale • Underestimates in terms of resources and time schedule • Lack of understanding and communication between the utility and regulator • Differences in regulatory and working practices in lithuania and country of technology provider • Potential loopholes in national legislation • No experienced project implementation company • Regulatory and its supporting infrastructure may not be ready in time • Bottlenecks in supply, not quite completed and approbated technologies 10 CNS RM4 GR4 14-25 April 2008, VIC, Vienna

  11. Development of nuclear program • Low on Nuclear Power Plant was established in 2007 • Project Implementation Company Visaginas NPP was established • EIA finalized in April 2009 • The draft concept of Nuclear Safety Law has been prepared • Nuclear Energy Law is under revision • Regulatory authority VATESI has launched a revision of nuclear regulations • Nuclear regulatory authority VATESI was reformed, organizational structure was changed

  12. EIA process EIA programme approved in November 2007 Implementation of EIA in accordance with national legislation (public hearings, concordance with state institutions) Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo, 1991) Countries notified: Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Sweden Participating countries: Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Latvia and Poland. Austria participates on its own initiative EIA decision in April 2009 12 CNS RM4 GR4 14-25 April 2008, VIC, Vienna

  13. Proposed locations for new NPP 13 CNS RM4 GR4 14-25 April 2008, VIC, Vienna

  14. VATESI • Established by the decree of Government on 18 october 1991; • Directly subordinated to the government; • Head of VATESI appointed by the primer minister; • MANDATE • State regulation and supervision of nuclear safety and radiation protection in nuclear facilities • State control of safeguards implementation • State regulation and supervision of physical protection of NFs and NMs • Emergency preparedness (24 hours on duty officer) • International cooperation within the mandate of VATESI (bilateral, IAEA WENRA, EU WG, OTHER)

  15. MISSION OF VATESI VATESI performs regulation and state oversight of nuclear and radiation safety at nuclear power facilities with the aim to protect the society and the environment against harmful impact of nuclear and radiological events and accidents ESTABLISHES AND CONTROLS IMPLEMENTATION OF SAFETY REGULATIONS PERFORMS SAFETY ASSESSMENT AND ISSUES LICENSES STATE CONTROL OF NM ACCOUNTANCY, IMPLEMENTATION OF SAFEGUARDS, PHYSICAL PROTECTION, PARTICIPATES IN EXPORT CONTROLS OF DUAL USE ITEMS

  16. DRAFT OF VATESI STRUCTURE REV. OF • 2008-02-13 • Total staff as of today 59 • Total staff by the end of 2009 – 89: • 2008 plus 20 • 2009 plus 10 • 2010-2011 plus 10 DIRECTOR GENERAL (1) COLLEGE DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL (1) CHIEF ASSISTANT (1) ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT Total (20) NUCLEAR SAFETY DEPARTMENT Total (32) RADIATION PROTECTION DEPARTMENT Total (17) CHIEF INTERNAL AUDITOR (1) DIVISION OF FINANCES (3) DIVISION OF SAFETY ASSESSMENT (8) DIVISION OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING (8) DIVISION OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT (6) DIVISION OF LEGAL AFFAIRS AND PERSONNEL (4) DIVISION OF SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS (8) DIVISION OF DECOMMISSIONING (5) DIVISION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES (5) DIVISION OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC INFORMATION (3) DIVISION OF OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE ASSESSMENT (4) DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION (5) DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND LOGISTICS (6) DIVISION OF ON SITE SUPERVISION (7) DIVISION OF SAFEGUARDS AND SECURITY (6) DIVISION OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT (4) CNS RM4 GR4 14-25 April 2008, VIC, Vienna

  17. Thank you for your attention

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