Environmental Report
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Environmental Report National programme for the management of spent fuel and radioactive waste CONTENTS 1 General information on the National Programme and description of the preliminary phase of the SEA 6 1.1 Purpose and contents of the National Programme........................................................................... 6 1.2 Reference regulations for the National Programme ......................................................................... 9 1.3 Strategic Environmental Assessment .............................................................................................. 11 1.3.1 Subjects involved in the SEA procedure of the NP .................................................................. 14 1.3.2 Strategic Environmental Assessment procedure .................................................................... 14 1.4 Description of the procedure for preparing the NP and the methods of integration between the planning and the environmental analysis ................................................................................................... 16 1.5 Time frame of the activities envisaged by the NP ........................................................................... 18 1.5.1 Radioactive waste from the energy sector .............................................................................. 18 1.5.2 Radioactive waste from the non-energy sector ...................................................................... 18 1.5.3 Spent fuel ................................................................................................................................. 19 1.5.4 Siting, construction and operation of the National Repository .............................................. 19 1.6 Financial resources involved in the implementation of the NP ...................................................... 21 1.7 Summary of the participation process to be applied to the NP ...................................................... 21 1.8 Summary of the observations received, list of EAs involved and description of how the observations are integrated into the NP ..................................................................................................... 23 2 Identification of the territorial scope of the NP.................................................................................. 34 2.1 Energy segment ............................................................................................................................... 35 2.1.1 Nuclear power plants .............................................................................................................. 35 2.1.2 Plants linked to the nuclear fuel cycle ..................................................................................... 39 2.2 Non-energy segment ....................................................................................................................... 45 2.2.1 Integrated Service Plants ......................................................................................................... 46 2.2.2 Nuclear research plants ........................................................................................................... 48 3 NP action strategies and objectives ................................................................................................... 53 3.1 General objectives of the NP ........................................................................................................... 53 3.2 General environmental protection objectives ................................................................................ 54 3.2.1 European legislation objectives and guidelines ...................................................................... 54 3.2.2 National legislation objectives and guidelines ........................................................................ 63 3.2.3 Objectives and guidelines contained in territorial planning ................................................... 67 3.3 Summary of the action strategies envisaged for the achievement of the objectives .................. 124 3.3.1 Radioactive waste management strategies for the energy segment .................................... 125 3.3.2 Radioactive waste management strategies pertaining to the Integrated Service (non-energy segment) ............................................................................................................................................... 128 3.3.3 Spent fuel management strategies ....................................................................................... 130 2 3.3.4 Strategies for the disposal of radioactive waste ................................................................... 133 3.4 External consistency analysis ........................................................................................................ 136 3.4.1 Method for analysing the level of coherence ........................................................................ 136 3.4.2 Results of the consistency analysis ........................................................................................ 138 3.5 Internal consistency analysis ......................................................................................................... 146 3.5.1 Method for analysing the level of coherence ........................................................................ 146 3.5.2 Results of the consistency analysis ........................................................................................ 146 4 Technical solutions for the management of radioactive waste and spent fuel .................................... 149 4.1 Radioactive waste management ................................................................................................... 149 4.1.1 Characterisation/Classification of radioactive waste ............................................................ 150 4.1.2 Treatment of solid radioactive waste .................................................................................... 152 4.1.3 Treatment of liquid radioactive waste .................................................................................. 154 4.1.4 Conditioning .......................................................................................................................... 155 4.2 Treatment and conditioning of specific flows and decommissioned sources .............................. 157 4.2.1 WOT Plant – SiCoMor – A.4.1 ................................................................................................ 157 4.2.2 ICPF Plant – A.4.2 ................................................................................................................... 158 4.2.3 CEMEX Plant – A.4.2 .............................................................................................................. 158 4.2.4 Decommissioned sources ...................................................................................................... 159 4.2.5 “Historic” waste ..................................................................................................................... 161 4.3 Temporary storage and final disposal ........................................................................................... 161 4.3.1 Storage on site – A.5.2 – A.5.3 ............................................................................................... 161 4.3.2 High activity storage at ND – A.6.1 ........................................................................................ 162 4.3.3 Low and medium activity disposal at ND – A.7.1 .................................................................. 162 4.3.4 High activity disposal in geological formation – A.8.1 – A.8.2............................................... 164 4.4 The management of spent fuel ..................................................................................................... 165 4.4.1 On-site conditioning – B.1.1 .................................................................................................. 166 4.4.2 Reprocessing abroad – B.1.2 ................................................................................................. 166 4.4.3 Storage in pools – B.2.1 ......................................................................................................... 166 4.4.4 Storage – B.2.2 ....................................................................................................................... 166 4.4.5 ILW-HLW storage complex – B.3.1 ........................................................................................ 166 4.4.6 Disposal in geological formation – B.4 .................................................................................. 167 4.5 Identification of potential interference with the environment .................................................... 167 4.5.1 Radioactive waste treatment (Action lines A.1 and A.2) ....................................................... 167 4.5.2 Conditioning (Action line A.3) ................................................................................................ 168 4.5.3 Treatment and conditioning of specific flows (Action line A.4) ............................................ 168 4.5.4 Conditioning of spent fuel (Action line B.1.1) ....................................................................... 169 3 4.5.5 On-site storage (Action line A.5) ........................................................................................... 169 4.5.6 On-site storage (in pools or dry) of spent fuel (Action line