The draft National Programme was prepared in 2015. The Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment (SEA) started in June of 2015 with the Decision of the competent state body (at the time it was the State Institute for Radiological and Nuclear Safety) on initiating the strategic environmental assessment procedure of the National Programme for the Implementation of the Radioactive Waste, Disused Sources and Spent Nuclear Fuel Management Strategy. In order to determine the content and scope level of the SEA, a “Scoping” procedure was conducted, which included opinions of competent bodies at the state, regional and local level, presentation to the general and interested public, and interviews with the local community and local community representatives in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Following the drafting of the draft National Programme, an e-consultation was conducted in 2016, as well as a public hearing and discussion. The results of the consultation and the public discussion with answers to all comments, questions and suggestions received were published on the website of the competent state body. In parallel with the public hearing, cross-border consultations were conducted with the neighbouring countries Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Slovenia.
- Report on the Conducted Consultation (99kb)
- Report on Other Forms of Consultations (421kb)
- Replies to Received Comments and Remarks (3598kb)
- Report from the Public Presentation in Zagreb (763kb)
- Report from the Public Presentation in Dvor (295kb)
- Report on the Implemented Communication Plan - Part One (13988kb)
- Report on the Implemented Communication Plan - Part Two (14260kb)
- Report on the Implemented Communication Plan - Part Three (13965kb)
- Report on the Implemented Communication Plan - Part Four (14029kb)
- Report on the Implemented Communication Plan - Part Five (9202kb)
The Government of the Republic of Croatia adopted the National Programme at its session held on 9 November 2018, as a Programme for the period until 2025 with a view to 2060. The Decision on its adoption was published in the Official Gazette “Narodne novine” no. 100/2018. Following the adoption of the National Programme, the entire Report on the Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment Procedure was published on the website of the competent state body.
Pursuant to Article 5 paragraph 1 item 5 of the Regulation on informing the public and the interested public and its participation in environmental protection issues (Official Gazette “Narodne novine” no. 64/08), the competent state body published the Report on the conducted process of the strategic environmental impact assessment of the National Programme for the Implementation of the Radioactive Waste, Disused Sources and Spent Nuclear Fuel Management Strategy (programme for the period until 2025 with a view to 2060).
In the period until 2025, the National Programme is aimed at achieving the following objectives from the RW, DS and SNF Management Strategy:
- establishment of a central storage facility for IRW and DS,
- establishment of a storage facility for LILW from the Krško NPP, and
- remediation of sites with naturally-occurring radioactivity.
The document emphasises the following: “In terms of implementing the objectives of the RW, DS and SNF Management Strategy covered by this National Programme, the Radioactive Waste Management Centre includes facilities for treatment, conditioning, manipulation and long-term storage of radioactive waste and disused sources originating in the territory of Croatia, including the central storage facility, and radioactive waste not originating from the territory of the Republic of Croatia, but which the Republic of Croatia is obliged to manage of pursuant to international agreements.”
The management of IRW and DS, and half of low level and intermediate level radioactive waste from the Krško NPP, is based on the assumption that by 2023, in the area of the preferred site Čerkezovac, the central storage facility for IRW and DS and the long-term storage facility for LILW from the Krško NPP will be established. The National Programme also provides for tentative deadlines for the implementation of all activities necessary for the establishment of these storage facilities within the Centre for Radioactive Waste Management, including the transfer of IRW and DS from interim storage facilities and the takeover of waste from the Krško NPP.
In the long run, the National Programme aims to open an LILW repository by 2058, preferably of the surface type; this will be defined in more detail in the programme for the period beyond 2050. It should be kept in mind that the storage facility cannot be “turned into” a repository “automatically”, given the physical differences between these facilities and their different safety and other requirements. Both the storage facility and future repository will require environmental impact assessments and safety analyses as well as preliminary on-site analyses.
Regarding the management of spent nuclear fuel, the National Programme takes into account the latest agreements reached between Croatia and Slovenia regarding the construction of a long-term dry storage facility at the Krško NPP site.
The remediation of sites with naturally-occurring radioactive material, which must be under regulatory control, will be carried out at the site where these materials are located, in accordance with the safety standards for radiation protection and environmental protection and the future purpose of these sites. The state bodies for radiological and nuclear safety are responsible for the implementation of remediation, while the environmental protection and health protection is the responsibility of regional and local self-government units where the sites are located, as well as the owners/users of the sites.
The National Programme provides an inventory of radioactive waste, an estimate of the costs of the management of IRW and DS and the decommissioning of the Krško NPP and the management of LILW and SNF from the Krško NPP, envisages areas where research and development programmes need to be implemented, and performance indicators to monitor the achievement of important milestones and measure progress in achieving the overall objective.
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