Golder (Europe) EEIG Slovenské Elektrárne, As Nuclear Power Plant
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Golder (Europe) EEIG Registered office Clyde House, Reform Road Maidenhead Berkshire SL6 8BY ENGLAND Phone 44 1628 771731 Fax. 44 1628 770699 Company No. GE130 Italian address: Via Antonio Banfo, 43 10155 Torino, ITALY Phone 39 011 233348 Fax 39 011 856950 Slovenské Elektrárne, a.s. Nuclear Power Plant Mochovce VVER 4 × 440 MW 3rd construction Rel. 08508370478/R670 Intent pursuant to Act No. 24/2006 Coll. Rev. 0 December 2008 Slovenské Elektrárne, a.s. - i - Rel. 08508370478/R670 December 2008 INDEX A. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................... 1 B. INTENT STRUCTURE ................................................................................. 2 I BASIC DATA ON PROPONENT ................................................................. 4 II BASIC DATA ON PROPOSED ACTIVITY ................................................ 5 III BASIC INFORMATION ON CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN THE CONCERNED AREA .......................................... 14 1 CHARACTERISTICS OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING PROTECTED AREAS ...................................................... 16 1.1 ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT ........................................................... 16 1.1.1 General meteorological characteristics .................................... 16 1.2 HYDROLOGY AND GROUNDWATER ................................................... 21 1.2.1 Drainage basins and watercourses of the studied area ............ 21 1.2.2 Aquatic biota ............................................................................ 22 1.2.3 Groundwater ............................................................................ 22 1.2.4 Groundwater protection zones ................................................. 23 1.3 FAUNA AND FLORA ................................................................................ 25 1.3.1 Original community of the area ............................................... 25 1.3.2 Protected, rare and threatened species ..................................... 27 1.3.3 Protected, rare and threatened communities ............................ 28 1.3.4 Protected areas based on legislation and protection zones ........................................................................................ 29 1.4 GEOLOGY AND SEISMICITY .................................................................. 31 1.4.1 Geological and structural setting ............................................. 32 1.4.2 Geomorphologic conditions .................................................... 33 1.4.3 Soil conditions ......................................................................... 34 1.4.4 Seismic activity ........................................................................ 36 1.4.5 The probability calculation of seismic risk at the Mochovce NPP ........................................................................ 37 2 LANDSCAPE, STABILITY, PROTECTION, SCENERY .................... 41 2.1 TERRITORIAL SYSTEM OF ECOLOGICAL STABILITY ..................... 41 2.2 LAND USE .................................................................................................. 42 3 POPULATION, ITS ACTIVITIES, INFRASTRUCTURE, CULTURAL/HISTORICAL VALUES OF THE AREA ....................... 43 3.1 POPULATION AND ITS ACTIVITIES ..................................................... 43 3.2 INFRASTRUCTURE ................................................................................... 49 3.3 CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL HERITAGE ......................................... 51 4 CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, INCLUDING HEALTH ..................................................................................................... 53 4.1 MONITORING OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT ......................................................................................... 53 REV 0 – 23/12/2008 Golder (Europe) EEIG Slovenské Elektrárne, a.s. - ii - Rel. 08508370478/R670 December 2008 4.2 AIR QUALITY (NOT RELATED WITH RADIOACTIVITY) ................. 55 4.3 NOISE AND VIBRATIONS ....................................................................... 57 4.4 LIGHT AND ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS .......................................... 58 4.5 SOIL RADIOACTIVITY ............................................................................. 59 4.6 LEVEL OF CONTAMINATION OF SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER ....................................................................................... 63 4.7 HEALTH STATUS OF INHABITANTS .................................................... 65 IV BASIC DATA ON ANTICIPATED IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED ACTIVITY ON THE ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING HEALTH, AND ON POTENTIAL MITIGATION MEASURES ................................................................................................. 66 1 REQUIREMENTS ON INPUTS (E.G. LAND REQUIRED, WATER CONSUMPTION, OTHER RAW-MATERIAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES, TRANSPORT AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURES, REQUIREMENTS ON LABOUR, OTHER REQUIREMENTS) .................................................................... 66 1.1 LAND REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................... 66 1.2 WATER CONSUMPTION .......................................................................... 66 1.2.1 Surface water ........................................................................... 66 1.2.2 Groundwater extraction ........................................................... 67 1.3 OTHER RAW MATERIAL AND ENERGY SOURCE ............................. 69 1.3.1 Chemicals ................................................................................ 69 1.3.2 Energy sources ......................................................................... 70 1.4 TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE .......................................................... 72 1.5 MANPOWER DEMANDS .......................................................................... 72 1.6 OTHER REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................... 72 2 DATA ON OUTPUTS ................................................................................ 73 2.1 AIR ............................................................................................................... 73 2.2 WASTE WATER ......................................................................................... 76 2.2.1 Evaluation of discharged non-radioactive water ..................... 77 2.2.2 Discharge of radioactive wastewater ....................................... 79 2.3 WASTE ........................................................................................................ 82 2.3.1 Non-radioactive waste ............................................................. 82 2.3.2 Handling with radioactive waste ............................................. 83 2.4 NOISE AND VIBRATIONS ....................................................................... 85 2.5 RADIATION AND OTHER PHYSICAL FIELDS ..................................... 86 2.6 ODOUR AND OTHER OUTPUTS ............................................................. 87 2.7 OTHER POSSIBLE IMPACTS ................................................................... 88 3 DATA ON ANTICIPATED DIRECT AND INDIRECT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS .............................................................. 89 REV 0 – 23/12/2008 Golder (Europe) EEIG Slovenské Elektrárne, a.s. - iii - Rel. 08508370478/R670 December 2008 3.1 LIKELY ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT ......................................................................................... 89 3.2 LIKELY ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON HYDROLOGY AND GROUNDWATER ............................................................................. 91 3.2.1 Heat release .............................................................................. 91 3.2.2 Change to the quality of surface water .................................... 91 3.2.3 Radioactive emissions ............................................................. 91 3.3 LIKELY ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT ......................................................................................... 93 4 EVALUATION OF HEALTH RISKS ..................................................... 94 5 DATA ON ANTICIPATED IMPACTS OF PROPOSED ACTIVITY ON PROTECTED AREAS ANT THEIR PROTECTION ZONES............................................................................. 95 6 ASSESSMENT OF ANTICIPATED IMPACTS WITH REGARD TO THEIR RELEVANCE AND TIME BEHAVIOR OF THEIR EFFECT .................................................................................. 96 7 ANTICIPATED CROSS-BOUNDARY IMPACTS ................................ 97 8 INDUCED INTERRELATIONS THAT MAY RESULT IN IMPACTS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN THE CONCERNED AREA ........................................................................................................... 98 9 OTHER POTENTIAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPOSED ACTIVITY ............................. 99 10 MEASURES TO MITIGATE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF INDIVIDUAL ALTERNATIVES OF PROPOSED ACTIVITY ON ENVIRONMENT .............................................................................. 100 10.1 TECHNICAL MEASURES ....................................................................... 100 10.2 MONITORING .......................................................................................... 102 10.3 EMERGENCY PLANS ............................................................................. 103 11 ASSESSMENT OF ANTICIPATED DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA IN CASE THE PROPOSED ACTIVITY WAS