Belgian seventh round report on the implementation of PARCOM Recommendation 91/4 on radioactive discharges to the OSPAR Commission on the application of Best Available Technology in nuclear facilities Radioactive Substances Series 2020 PARCOM Recommendation 91/4 on Radioactive discharges Seventh Belgian implementation Report January 2020 OSPAR Commission OSPAR Convention Convention OSPAR La Convention pour la protection du milieu marin The Convention for the Protection of the Marine de l'Atlantique du Nord‐Est, dite Convention Environment of the North‐East Atlantic (the OSPAR, a été ouverte à la signature à la réunion “OSPAR Convention”) was opened for signature at ministérielle des anciennes Commissions d'Oslo et the Ministerial Meeting of the former Oslo and de Paris, à Paris le 22 septembre 1992. La Paris Commissions in Paris on 22 September 1992. Convention est entrée en vigueur le 25 mars 1998. The Convention entered into force on 25 March Les Parties contractantes sont l'Allemagne, la 1998. The Contracting Parties are Belgium, Belgique, le Danemark, l’Espagne, la Finlande, la Denmark, the European Union, Finland, France, France, l’Irlande, l’Islande, le Luxembourg, la Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Norvège, les Pays‐Bas, le Portugal, le Royaume‐ Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Uni de Grande Bretagne et d’Irlande du Nord, la Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Suède, la Suisse et l’Union européenne. This report has been prepared by Sombré Lionel, PhD., Claes Jurgen, ir & Hermans Audrey, ir. (FANC). Contents Belgian report on the implementation of PARCOM Recommendation 91/4 on Radioactive discharges to the OSPAR Commission on the application of Best Available Technology in nuclear facilities .................... 1 PARCOM Recommendation 91/4 on Radioactive discharges ..................................................................... 2 Contents .................................................................................................................................................. 2 GENERAL INFORMATION ........................................................................................................................... 8 Implementation of BAT/BET in terms of the OSPAR Convention in Belgian legislation and regulation ...... 8 Dose constraints/limits for nuclear installations ......................................................................................... 9 Discharge limits ............................................................................................................................................ 9 Monitoring programmes of discharges and environmental concentrations of radionuclides .................. 10 Environmental norms and standards ......................................................................................................... 11 National authority responsible for supervision of discharges ................................................................... 11 Nature of inspection and surveillance programmes .................................................................................. 11 Reporting .................................................................................................................................................... 12 SITE ‐SPECIFIC INFORMATION ................................................................................................................. 13 Nuclear Power Plants (NPP) general information ...................................................................................... 13 Other nuclear sites general information .................................................................................................... 13 1. SITE CHARACTERISTICS ........................................................................................................................ 14 1.1 Tihange Nuclear Power Plant ............................................................................................................... 14 1.1.1 Tihange ........................................................................................................................................ 14 1.1.2 Type of facility (see Annex 1) ....................................................................................................... 14 1.1.3 Year for commissioning/licensing/decommissioning .................................................................. 14 1.1.4 Location ....................................................................................................................................... 14 1.1.5 Receiving waters and catchment area, including, where relevant, information on water flow of receiving rivers ...................................................................................................................................... 15 1.1.6 Production ................................................................................................................................... 15 1.2 Doel Nuclear Power Plant .................................................................................................................... 15 1.2.1 Doel .............................................................................................................................................. 15 1.2.2 Type of facility (see Annex 1) ....................................................................................................... 15 1.2.3 Year for commissioning/licensing/decommissioning .................................................................. 15 1.2.4 Location ....................................................................................................................................... 15 1.2.5 Receiving waters and catchment area, including, where relevant, information on water flow of receiving rivers ...................................................................................................................................... 15 1.2.6 Production ................................................................................................................................... 15 1.3 Other Nuclear Sites .............................................................................................................................. 16 1.3.1 Belgoprocess (BP) ........................................................................................................................ 16 1.3.2 Type of facility (see Annex 1) ....................................................................................................... 16 1.3.3 Year for commissioning/licensing/decommissioning .................................................................. 16 1.3.4 Location ....................................................................................................................................... 17 1.3.5 Receiving waters and catchment area, including, where relevant, information on water flow of receiving rivers ...................................................................................................................................... 17 OSPAR Commission 1.3.6 Production ................................................................................................................................... 17 2. DISCHARGES ........................................................................................................................................ 18 2.1 Tihange NPP ......................................................................................................................................... 18 2.1.1 System(s) in place to reduce, prevent or eliminate discharges of radioactive substances......... 18 2.1.2 Systems abatement efficiency ..................................................................................................... 18 2.1.3 Annual liquid discharges .............................................................................................................. 20 2.1.4 Emissions to air of concern for the marine environment ........................................................... 20 2.1.5 Quality assurance ........................................................................................................................ 21 2.1.6 Site specific target values ............................................................................................................ 21 2.1.7 Any other relevant information ................................................................................................... 21 2.1.8 Explanations for lack of data or failure to meet BAT/BEP indicators .......................................... 22 2.1.9 Summary evaluation .................................................................................................................... 22 2.2 Doel NPP ............................................................................................................................................... 22 2.2.1 System(s) in place to reduce, prevent or eliminate discharges of radioactive substances......... 22 2.2.2 Systems abatement efficiency ..................................................................................................... 23 2.2.3 Annual liquid discharges .............................................................................................................. 25 2.2.4 Emissions to air of concern for the marine environment ........................................................... 26 2.2.5 Quality assurance .......................................................................................................................