Nuclear program of Lithuania

Nuclear program of LithuaniaNuclear program of Lithuania

Dr. Vidas Paulikas,Radiation Protection Department

VATESIVisaginas,

29 June 2009

Ignalina NPP

MaiMaišiagašiagalla storage facilitya storage facility

Ignalina NPP

• Unit 1 – 31 December 2004

• Unit 2 – still in operation until end of 2009

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.

Decommissioning funding

• National decommissioning fund

• International decommissioning fund

• Ignalina program

U1 RFS

U2 RFS

U1 Defuelled

U2 Defuelled

05 10 15 20 25 30

Licenses

U1 Xd operation

U2 Xd operation

U1 Decom

Site Decom

Dismantling steps/authorizations05 10 15 20 25 30

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

3

U1

U2

4

5

SITE6

7

LandfillFRMF

U1 corede-fueled

U2 corede-fueled

Pre-conditions for decommissioningPre-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).

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• 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

Prerequisites for development

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• 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

Potential problems

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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

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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

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Proposed locations for new NPP

Alternative site 1

Alternative site 2

INLET

OUTLET

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• 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)

VATESI

ESTABLISHES AND CONTROLS

IMPLEMENTATION OF SAFETY

REGULATIONS PERFORMS SAFETY ASSESSMENT AND ISSUES LICENSES

STATE CONTROL OFNM ACCOUNTANCY,

IMPLEMENTATION OF SAFEGUARDS,

PHYSICAL PROTECTION, PARTICIPATES IN

EXPORT CONTROLS OF DUAL USE ITEMS

MISSION OF VATESIVATESI 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

ADMINISTRATION

DEPARTMENT Total (20)

NUCLEAR SAFETY DEPARTMENT

Total (32)

DRAFT OF VATESI STRUCTURE REV. OF 2008-02-13Total staff as of today 59Total staff by the end of 2009 – 89:-2008 plus 20-2009 plus 102010-2011 plus 10

DIVISION OFADMINISTRATIVE

SUPPORT AND LOGISTICS (6)

DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL (1)

DIRECTOR GENERAL (1)

DIVISION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES (5)

DIVISION OF PROJECT

MANAGEMENTAND PLANNING (8)

DIVISION OF SAFETY ASSESSMENT (8)

DIVISION OF SYSTEMSAND COMPONENTS (8)

DIVISION OFOPERATIONALEXPERIENCE

ASSESSMENT (4)

DIVISION OF ON SITE

SUPERVISION (7)

DIVISION OF SCIENTIFIC AND

TECHNICAL SUPPORT (4)

DIVISION OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE

MANAGEMENT (6)

DIVISION OF DECOMMISSIONING (5)

DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION

SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION (5)

CHIEF INTERNAL AUDITOR (1)

DIVISION OF FINANCES(3)

DIVISION OF INTERNATIONAL

AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC INFORMATION (3)

DIVISION OF SAFEGUARDS AND

SECURITY (6)

DIVISION OF LEGAL AFFAIRS AND PERSONNEL (4)

CHIEF ASSISTANT (1)

RADIATION PROTECTION DEPARTMENT

Total (17)

COLLEGE

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Thank you

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