The Times: Romania ar putea gazdui o instalatie de depozitare a deseurilor nucleare din Uniunea Europeana

Deseurile nucleare din intreaga Uniune Europeana ar putea fi depozitate in Europa de Est. Potrivit unor planuri luate in considerare de statele comunitare, deseurile vor fi ingropate intr-o instalatie centrala de depozitare subterana, informeaza The Times. Opt state poarta discutii in acest moment in ceea ce priveste transportul si depozitarea deseurilor: Romania, Bulgaria, Olanda, Italia, Polonia, Slovacia, Lituania si Slovenia.

O noua intalnire intre cele opt state este programata pentru luna mai. Publicatia britanica anunta ca proiectul, care vine pe fondul unei renasteri a interesului pentru energia nucleara, ar putea primi unda verde de la Comisia Europeana in cursul acestui an.

Ewoud Verhoef, director adjunct al Covra, agentia responsabila cu depozitatea deseurilor nucleare ale Olandei, a declarat ca "programul nuclear din Olanda este mic, iar costurile construirii unui depozit subteran sunt foarte mari. Noi avem doar un reactor nuclear in Olanda, asa ca o solutie comuna ar fi un avantaj". 

Bulgaria si Romania au doar doua reactoare nucleare, noteaza jurnalistii britanici, in timp ce Slovenia are doar unul pe care il imparte cu Croatia. In Slovenia, este in constructie un depozit pentru deseuri de nivel scazut. In luna iulie a anului trecut, comunitatea locala a luat decizia sa accepte construirea depozitului, in schimbul unei compensatii anuale de 5 milioane de euro. Pana acum, numai cateva tari din intreaga lume au construit un loc permanent pentru deseurile pe care le produc. Restul statelor tin materialul in instalatii provizorii de depozitare.

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Eastern Europe to host EU nuclear waste storage facility

From The Times

High-level nuclear waste from across the European Union could be shipped to eastern Europe for burial in a central underground storage facility under plans being considered by EU member states.

The Times has learnt that the project, which comes amid a resurgence of interest in nuclear power, could be given the green light later this year by the European Commission. Ewoud Verhoef, deputy director of Covra, the agency responsible for the storage of the Netherlands’ nuclear waste, said: “The nuclear programme in Holland is small and the cost of building a geological repository is very high. We only have one nuclear reactor in the Netherlands so there would be big advantages to a shared solution.”

Discussions are under way between eight countries — the European Repository Development Organisation which includes the Netherlands, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Lithuania, Slovenia and Bulgaria — about transportation and storage of waste. It is due to meet again in May.

In Slovenia, a repository for low-level waste is under construction at Vrbina in the east of the country. Last July, the local community agreed to accept its construction in exchange for €5 million (£4.4 million) a year in compensation, according to the World Nuclear Association.