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COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Inventory of radioactive waste and spent fuel present in the Community's territory and the future prospects Accompanying the document REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT on progress of implementation of Council Directive 2011/70/EURATOM and an inventory of radioactive waste and spent fuel present in the Community's territory and the future prospects

SWD/2017/0161 final

Brussels, 15.5.2017

SWD(2017) 161 final

COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT

Inventory of radioactive waste and spent fuel present in the Community's territory and the future prospects

Accompanying the document

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

on progress of implementation of Council Directive 2011/70/EURATOM and an inventory of radioactive waste and spent fuel present in the Community's territory and the future prospects

{COM(2017) 236 final}
{SWD(2017) 159 final}


TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                       

List of abbreviations    

1.        Introduction    

2.        Sources of information    

3.        Sources of spent fuel and radioactive waste    

4.        Classification of spent fuel and radioactive waste    

5.        Estimated spent fuel and radioactive waste inventory in the European Union    

6.        Projections of future spent fuel and radioactive waste arisings    

Annex:    Spent fuel and radioactive waste inventory data    



List of abbreviations

DSRS        Disused sealed radioactive sources

EU        European Union

HLW        High Level Waste

IAEA        International Atomic Energy Agency

ILW        Intermediate Level Waste

LLW        Low Level Waste

NORM    Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material

OECD-NEA    Nuclear Energy Agency of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

RAW        Radioactive waste

SF        Spent fuel

tHM        Tons of heavy metal

VLLW    Very Low Level Waste

VSLW    Very Short Lived waste



1.Introduction

Radioactive waste is generated in all Member States of the European Union even though the quantities are very small in non-nuclear power Member States compared to those Member States operating nuclear power plants.

Nuclear power plants are the main producers of spent fuel although small quantities of spent fuel are also generated during the operation of research, training and demonstration reactors.

According to the Council Directive 2011/70/EURATOM 1 establishing a Community framework for the responsible and safe management of spent fuel and radioactive waste (further “Directive”) Member States have to provide for appropriate national arrangements for a high level of safety of spent fuel and radioactive waste management, including the establishment, implementation and updating of national programmes for the management of such material. Member States have to communicate such national programmes and the national reports on the implementation of the Directive (including the national inventories in line with Article 12(1)c of the Directive) to the Commission in line with Article 13(1) and 14(1) of the Directive.

This document gives an overview of spent fuel and radioactive waste inventory in the European Union and the future prospects, as required by Article 14(2)b of the Directive. It contains background information to the inventory data presented in the Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on progress of implementation of Council Directive 2011/70/EURATOM and an inventory of radioactive waste and spent fuel present in the Community's territory and future prospects (COM(2017)236).

Previously the European Commission (further "Commission") published a series of "Situation Reports" 2 which were developed in order to analyse and inform stakeholders about the situation of spent fuel and radioactive waste management in the European Union. Data from the 6th Situation Report 3 and 7th Situation Report 4 have been used here for comparison and identification of trends in the evolution of the European Union inventory.

Information about the Member States' installations generating radioactive waste and spent fuel, policies, strategies, concepts, plans and financing mechanisms is summarised in the Staff Working Document COM(2017)159 on progress of implementation of Council Directive 2011/70/EURATOM and an inventory of radioactive waste and spent fuel present in the Community`s territory and future prospects.

2.Sources of information

The European Union spent fuel and radioactive waste inventory data presented in this document is based on the national programmes and national reports submitted by Member States to the Commission. Although the data from individual Member States have different reference dates ranging from end of 2013 to 2016, most of the Member States have chosen the end of 2013 as a reference date 5 .

The summaries presented in this document have been verified by the respective Member States, with one exception.

For the trend analysis additional documents containing historical inventory data have been used. Most of the data for 2004, 2007 and 2010 inventories have been taken from the Sixth and Seventh Situation Reports, as well as unpublished inventory data reported to the Commission by the Member States in 2010.

In order to perform trend analysis for the European Union inventory of spent fuel and radioactive waste, missing and inconsistent data from the above-mentioned sources were reviewed and updated by using various sources, such as national inventory reports published by competent authorities, and national Joint Convention 6 reports. Any updates to data for 2004, 2007 and 2010 are identified in the tables in the Annex. The collected inventory data also appeared to be consistent with the IAEA inventory data.

In preparation of this report, the following main sources of uncertainty have been identified:

·Member States report radioactive waste data using their national classification schemes. Therefore, conversion to a common reporting basis (IAEA GSG-1 classification 7 ; see Chapter 4 below) introduces uncertainties, as the radioactive waste classes in different national classification schemes often cannot be directly matched, and the transformation is carried out on a “best approximation” basis.

·Member States use different units (volume, mass, etc.). With some exceptions, volumes of radioactive waste are reported. Where this is not the case, conversion from mass to volume without detailed knowledge of radioactive waste treatment/conditioning methods used can result in significant uncertainty.

This includes different ways to reporting disused sealed radioactive sources. Especially in countries with large nuclear programmes, the disused sealed radioactive sources are generally integrated into other large radioactive waste streams and are not reported separately. In other countries, especially where the disused sealed radioactive sources are a significant part of the national inventory, they are reported separately from the other radioactive waste and radioactive waste classes, and in general are reported as number of sources.

·Member States used different approaches to report volume of radioactive waste – some reported volumes as stored, while others reported volumes as ready for disposal. 

When inventory is reported “as disposed” volumes – it is used for integration of the national reporting into the overall European Union inventory, since this represents the final step in management of radioactive waste.

Interpretation of volume "as stored" in some cases can lead to significant uncertainties, especially when estimating the need for disposal capacities. One example is the usually very large volume of liquid radioactive waste and sludge in storage. After treatment and conditioning for disposal this volume may be significantly reduced. The same is true for combustible and compactible radioactive waste.

To achieve consistency and comparability of the data, it is preferable for Member States to report radioactive waste volumes as packaged for disposal.

·Limited knowledge of radioactive contamination of facilities subject to decommissioning results in uncertainties in predicting amounts of decommissioning waste. The detailed characterization of a facility subject to decommissioning increases the precision in forecasting the amount of radioactive waste, however, only when decommissioning is well progressed will the actual categories and amounts of waste be fully known. This is also valid for the limited knowledge of characteristics of some legacy wastes.

·Differences in materials considered as radioactive waste. Waste containing naturally occurring radioactive material – NORM (e.g. from uranium mining and milling) is not categorised as radioactive waste in some Member States, although a few Member States declare this waste in the scope of their national programmes.

·Pending decisions result in uncertainties in the projection of future radioactive waste inventories (e.g. volumes, classes). Examples of pending decisions are:

oFinal decisions about the management routes for radioactive waste (such as evaporation versus cementation);

oImmediate or deferred decommissioning, with the amount of radioactive waste potentially decreasing with prolonged safe enclosure of a facility;

oFinal disposal end-points, potentially with considerable differences in acceptance criteria.

·Political decisions and changes in the legal/regulatory framework may also introduce considerable changes in estimates of future arisings, e.g.:

oDecisions to retrieve disposed radioactive waste;

oChanges to the fuel cycle;

oInclusion or not of certain materials – e.g. spent fuel being categorised as waste, or other materials such as depleted uranium.

During the assessment of the evolution of Member States inventories with time, the following additional sources of uncertainties have been identified:

·Use of different radioactive waste classification schemes from one reporting period to another.

·Differences in the reference dates of Member States inventories – for the current reporting period although the majority of Member States reported inventories as of the end of 2013, a few have chosen to report more recent inventories with dates ranging from 2014 to 2016.

·Change in radioactive waste status - some Member States plan to recover previously disposed radioactive waste, process and re-dispose of it in existing and/or newly constructed disposal facilities. So there might be changes depending on whether radioactive waste is still reported as disposed of or stored. Also the overall volume might change as a result of subsequent retreatment and final disposal. Overall after a decision for remediation of a disposal site, radioactive waste is considered as stored whilst awaiting retrieval.

·Change of assumptions used for reporting during different reporting periods. For example, some Member States reported combined radioactive waste classes like "Low and Intermediate Level Waste" as "Low Level Waste" while in a subsequent period this was reported as "Intermediate Level Waste". This however has no effect on the need for safe management of this waste.

·Declaration of material as radioactive waste or not, changing from one reporting period to the other (e.g. spent fuel and depleted uranium). It has also been noted that some Member States report “irradiated fuel” and others “spent fuel”.

3.Sources of spent fuel and radioactive waste

The largest source of radioactive waste stems from the nuclear power plants and associated nuclear fuel cycle activities. The latter include those from the nuclear fuel cycle, i.e. from conversion of uranium through to fuel fabrication prior to electricity generation, and subsequent reprocessing of spent fuel. Other Member States make use of the once-through fuel cycle option, with direct disposal of the spent fuel in deep geological facilities foreseen. Decommissioning of nuclear power plants and other nuclear facilities at the end of their useful lifetime also results in generation of significant volumes of radioactive waste, mainly low-level waste. Another large contribution can be waste from mining and milling of uranium, if it is declared as radioactive waste. Some Member States report such material as a part of radioactive waste inventory, whereas others do not. Therefore, a comparison of inventories of waste containing naturally occurring radioactive material between Member States or compilation of an overall European Union inventory (incl. NORM waste) is currently not possible and therefore outside the scope of this report.

Smaller volumes of radioactive waste are generated as a result of non-power uses of radioactive materials, such as the manufacturing of radioactive materials for use in medical and industrial applications, or research facilities such as laboratories, and research reactors. Therefore, all Member States generate radioactive waste, though non-power related wastes represent a small proportion of the total generated radioactive waste.

4.Classification of spent fuel and radioactive waste

In line with Article 12(1)c of the Directive, Member States need to develop as part of their national programmes and notify to the Commission spent fuel and radioactive waste inventories in accordance with an appropriate classification. Correspondingly, Member States notify their national programmes and reports on their spent fuel and radioactive waste inventories based on radioactive waste classifications that may differ from one Member State to another.

In order to make spent fuel and radioactive waste inventories comparable among different Member States and in order to aggregate the overall inventory on the territory of the European Union, Member States inventories were translated into a common classification scheme. The IAEA GSG-1 classification system has been chosen for that purpose in order to facilitate Member States reporting to various international organisations (e.g. IAEA) and instruments (e.g. Joint Convention).

The categories of radioactive waste used for data aggregation are:

·Very Low Level Waste (VLLW): waste that does not need a high level of containment and isolation and, therefore, is suitable for disposal in near surface landfill type facilities with limited regulatory control.

·Low Level Waste (LLW): waste that is above clearance levels, but with limited amounts of long-lived radionuclides. Such waste requires robust isolation and containment for periods of up to a few hundred years and is suitable for disposal in engineered near surface facilities. This class covers a very broad range of waste. LLW may include short-lived radionuclides at higher levels of activity concentration, and also long-lived radionuclides, but only at relatively low levels of activity concentration.

·Intermediate Level Waste (ILW): waste that, because of its content, particularly of long lived radionuclides, requires a greater degree of containment and isolation than that provided by near surface disposal. However, ILW needs no provision, or only limited provision, for heat dissipation during its storage and disposal. ILW may contain long-lived radionuclides, in particular, alpha emitting radionuclides that will not decay to a level of activity concentration acceptable for near surface disposal during the time for which institutional controls can be relied upon. Therefore, waste in this class requires disposal at greater depths, of the order of tens of metres to a few hundred metres.

·High Level Waste (HLW): waste with levels of activity concentration high enough to generate significant quantities of heat by the radioactive decay process or waste with large amounts of long lived radionuclides that need to be considered in the design of a disposal facility for such waste. Disposal in deep, stable geological formations usually several hundred metres or more below the surface is the generally recognized option for disposal of HLW.

Spent fuel (SF) is also considered in its entirety, whether it might be intended for reprocessing or awaiting decision for future long term management (reprocessing or disposal).



In addition to the above mentioned waste classes, IAEA GSG-1 classification system defines:

·Exempt waste with concentrations of radionuclides small enough to not require provisions for radiation protection. Such material can be cleared from regulatory control and does not require any further consideration from a regulatory control perspective.

·Very short lived waste containing only very short half-life radionuclides, thus such a waste can be stored until the activity has fallen beneath the levels of clearance, allowing for the cleared waste to be managed as conventional waste.

The latter two waste classes do not require future long term management or disposal as radioactive waste due to their short-lifetime and/or levels allowing the exemption or clearance from regulatory control. Accordingly, exempt waste and very short lived waste are in most cases not reported by Member States. Thus, these waste classes have not been used for data aggregation in the present document.

Several Member States combine VLLW and LLW, or do not have a separate VLLW class. In the latter case such material could be subject to clearance in accordance with the respective national legislation. Reflecting the disposal routes, several Member States also use a combined waste class “low and intermediate level waste” - LILW. Where other than the IAEA GSG-1 classification system is used for reporting by Member States, a conversion provided by the Member States is applied in this Report in order to achieve the transformation from the national to the IAEA classification systems.

5.Estimated spent fuel and radioactive waste inventory in the European Union

The present inventory covers all European Union Member States. The data was analysed with respect to Member States currently or previously having operated nuclear power plants and those not, i.e. those with relatively much smaller radioactive waste inventories.

When comparing the current data with the data provided for previous reporting (i.e. Situation Reports) the data are generally consistent. In some cases, however, there are some deviations due to reasons such as the use of the older classification scheme, affecting in particular the ratio between LILW and VLLW; successful programmes of volume reduction; the decommissioning of nuclear installations; and shipments of radioactive waste/spent fuel for reprocessing.

Radioactive waste

At the end of 2013 the estimated total inventory of radioactive waste in the European Union was 3 313 000 m3, with 70 % disposed of (2 316 000 m3), and 30 % stored (997 000 m3). Table 1 summarizes the overall amounts of radioactive waste in the European Union.



Table 1. Volumes of radioactive waste in the European Union, end 2013

Waste Category

Total amount (m3)

Stored

Disposed

VLLW

237 000

279 000

516 000

LLW

428 000

2 025 000

2 453 000

ILW

326 000

12 000

338 000

HLW

6 000

0

6 000

Total (m3)

997 000

2 316 000

3 313 000

Figure 1. Distribution of the radioactive waste in the European Union between stored and disposed of by waste class, end of 2013

Distribution of the European Union radioactive waste inventory according to different radioactive waste classes is shown in Figures 1 and 2. LLW is the dominating waste class making around 74% of the overall waste, while VLLW and ILW is estimated to be 15% and 10% respectively. HLW makes the smallest fraction of the overall waste volume, accounting for 0.2%.

Figure 2. Distribution of the radioactive waste in the European Union, end of 2013

There are sixteen European Union Member States that operate or have operated nuclear power plants. They account for 99.7% of the radioactive waste inventory in the European Union. The total volume of radioactive waste in those Member States and the distribution among them is shown in Figures 3 and 4.

 

Figure 3. Volumes of radioactive waste in Member States with nuclear power programme, end of 2013

Figure 4. Distribution of total volumes of radioactive waste in Member States with nuclear power programme, end of 2013

Twelve Member States have no nuclear programme, although six of them are operating or have operated research, training or demonstration reactors. The total volume of radioactive waste and the distribution among the Member States without nuclear power programmes is shown in Figures 5 and 6.

 

Figure 5. Total volume of radioactive waste in Member States without nuclear power programme, end of 2013

Figure 6. Distribution of total volumes of radioactive waste in Member States without nuclear power programme, end of 2013

The total estimated volume of stored radioactive waste is 997 000 m3. LLW makes almost half of this amount (43%), while VLLW together with ILW make 24% and 33% correspondingly. HLW fraction in the overall radioactive waste in storage is 0.6%. Distribution of stored radioactive waste is shown in Figure 7.

Figure 7. Distribution of stored radioactive waste in the European Union by class, end of 2013

Member States having nuclear power programmes are large contributors to the overall radioactive waste inventory of the European Union. The spent fuel and radioactive waste amounts are in line with the size of the nuclear programme. Amounts of stored radioactive waste in Member States with nuclear power programmes are shown in Figure 8.

Figure 8. Volumes of stored radioactive waste by class in Member States with nuclear power programme, end of 2013

Other countries having a small nuclear programme (i.e. only research reactors) or no nuclear programme at all have very little contribution to the overall European Union radioactive waste in storage (see Figure 9). The amounts of stored radioactive waste in those Member States are shown in Figure 10.

Figure 9. Volumes of stored radioactive waste by class in Member States with and without nuclear power programme, end of 2013

Figure 10. Volumes of stored radioactive waste by class in Member States without nuclear power programme, end of 2013

Currently, twelve Member States 8 have radioactive waste disposal facilities either in operation or closed (nuclear power programme countries: Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, UK; non-nuclear programme countries: Latvia and Poland) although based on the information from the national programmes and reports it is expected that more repositories will be built in coming years. The total quantity of the disposed radioactive waste as of end 2013 equals 2 316 000 m3. This consists almost entirely of LLW (87%).

A number of Member States (both with and without nuclear power plants) have dedicated disposal sites for institutional radioactive waste. In some cases, the disposal of waste undertaken in the past at several sites is now being reconsidered and there are plans for the retrieval of the waste disposed of several decades ago. As a result change of radioactive waste inventories can be expected after retrieval for processing and subsequent storage and/or disposal.

Distribution of the disposed of radioactive waste in Member States as of end of 2013 is shown in Figure 11.

 

Figure 11. Volumes of radioactive waste disposed of in the European Union, end of 2013

Evolution of the total radioactive waste volumes (per waste category) is given in Table 2. In all radioactive waste categories an overall increase over time is noted. However, the radioactive waste volumes decreased between two reporting dates (2004-2007). This decrease can be due to different activities resulting in reduction of volumes, like compaction of the solid waste or treatment of large quantities of liquid waste.

Table 2. Evolution of radioactive waste inventory since the end of 2004

Waste Category

Total amount (m3)

2004

2007

2010

2013

VLLW

210 000

280 000

414 000

516 000

LLW

2 228 000

2 435 000

2 356 000

2 453 000

ILW

206 000

288 000

321 000

338 000

HLW

5 000

4 000

5 000

6 000

The evolution of total radioactive waste volumes for the period 2004-2013 is illustrated in Figure 12.

 

Figure 12. Evolution of total radioactive waste volumes since the end of 2004 (with the fraction of waste disposed of indicated)

Evolution of the stored radioactive waste volumes (per waste category) is presented in Table 3. There are currently no operational deep geological disposal facilities for ILW and HLW. Consequently, the amounts of stored ILW and HLW are steadily increasing over time. The amounts of VLLW and LLW in storage are affected by differences in generation and disposal rates. During different time periods, their respective amounts in storage may therefore increase or decrease.

Table 3. Evolution of stored radioactive waste in the 2004-2013 period

Waste Category

Amount in Storage (m3)

2004

2007

2010

2013

VLLW

176 000

175 000

217 000

237 000

LLW

411 000

495 000

365 000

428 000

ILW

206 000

288 000

321 000

326 000

HLW

6 000

4 000

5 000

6 000

Table 4 shows the evolution of radioactive waste disposal over time. The increase in disposed of LLW is levelling over the time period since 2004. Contrary to this, the disposal of VLLW shows a steady increase.

Table 4. Evolution of radioactive waste disposals in the 2004-2013 period

Waste Category

Amount in Disposal (m3)

2004

2007

2010

2013

VLLW

34 000

105 000

197 000

279 000

LLW

1 817 000

1 940 000

1 991 000

2 025 000

ILW

0

0

0

12 000

HLW

0

0

0

0

From Table 4 it can be also seen that some Member States have declared disposals of ILW. These disposals, in accordance with the IAEA classification, consist mainly of highly active disused radioactive sealed sources containing short-lived radionuclides.

Figure 13. Normalised 9 evolution of stored radioactive waste amounts in European Union since the end of 2004

Figure 14. Normalised 10 evolution of disposed of radioactive waste in European Union since the end of 2004

The overall evolution of radioactive waste generated in the European Union (normalized sum of radioactive waste both stored and disposed) until the end of 2013 is shown in Figure 15. The amounts of the individual waste classes are increasing (LLW to a lesser extent) with different rate. One exception is HLW where data reported in 2004 are significantly higher than in the following reporting periods.

Figure 15. Normalized 11 evolution of radioactive waste volumes

(both stored and disposed)

From the information presented above the following trends concerning the inventory of radioactive waste and spent fuel in the European Union can be observed:

Radioactive waste

At the end of 2013, 54 % of the total VLLW volume is reported as disposed of and the amount of VLLW disposed has steadily increased. The volume of stored VLLW shows a steady increase of about 20 % over the time period 2004 – 2013. This shows that the disposal rate of VLLW needs to increase further to keep pace with its generation.

At the same time 83 % of LLW is reported as disposed. With 17 % of the LLW amount generated still in storage, and no reported systematic increase in the amounts in storage between 2004 and 2013, the overall LLW amounts of waste generated and disposed is generally in equilibrium. This, however, is dominated by those countries with large LLW inventories, whereas a number of Member States with smaller inventories do not yet dispose of their LLW.

For ILW the situation is very different. Less than 4 % is reported as disposed, and in some cases such ILW will be retrieved as current disposal facilities do not meet present safety requirements. Consequently, there is a steady increase in ILW in storage.

For HLW and spent fuel declared as waste, the first facility for disposal of such material is expected around 2022 in Finland, with further facilities in France (around 2025) and Sweden (around 2030). Therefore, one should expect that the amounts of HLW and spent fuel in storage are increasing steadily in line with their generation. The reported data show a different situation in the period from 2004 to 2007. The reason is related to very high HLW volumes reported by Germany and Belgium for 2004. These volumes are 1450 m3 higher for Germany in 2004 than in the subsequent reporting. For Belgium the corresponding volume is 350 m3. The other Member States show more consistent data with respect to the expected constant or increasing amount of HLW.

Based on the Member State strategy, spent fuel is stored pending either disposal or reprocessing. During reprocessing, uranium and plutonium are recovered, with generation of radioactive waste (mainly HLW and ILW), which is currently stored until disposal facilities become available.

Spent Fuel

At the end of 2013 more than 54 000 tHM of spent fuel was stored in the European Union (20% increase since 2007 12 ) and around 800 tHM of spent fuel (about 1.5 %) was sent for reprocessing outside the European Union with the expected returns of resulting radioactive waste from reprocessing. These amounts include both spent fuel coming from power and non-power (e.g. research, isotope production) reactors. It is foreseen to return around 1100 m3 of radioactive waste from spent fuel reprocesing outside the European Union by 2030.

Table 5. Spent fuel in storage on Member States’ territory in the European Union for 2004-2013 period

Spent Fuel in storage, tHM

2004

2007

2010

2013

38 100

44 900

53 300

54 300

Most recent reported amounts of spent fuel stored in individual Member States are shown in Figure 16. Some Member States have smaller inventories of spent fuel (or none) in storage than that generated by the nuclear power plants, as part of it or all of it has been reprocessed. On the other end, countries with neither past, nor current reprocessing have comparably high spent fuel inventories.

Given that today there is no disposal route available for spent fuel (first disposal facilities to become operational in 2022-2030) and that not all Member States have their spent fuel reprocessed, there is a continual increase in the amount of spent fuel in storage (Figure 16).

Figure 16. Spent fuel in storage, end of 2013

 

Figure 17. Member States' contribution to the overall spent fuel inventory in the European Union, end of 2013

 

Figure 18. Evolution of spent fuel in storage in Member States since the end of 2004

6.Projections of future spent fuel and radioactive waste arisings

In order to establish future trends Member States were asked to report future estimates of volumes of radioactive waste. Two different reporting approaches were used by the Member States for estimating future radioactive waste arisings:

-One approach was to provide the data along with the reference waste classes for the end of the useful life of existing facilities and sites, including decommissioning and site remediation.

-The other approach was to provide the amounts of radioactive waste for the different reference waste classes for specified future dates, namely 2020, 2030 and in some cases also 2040.

The ends-of-operation of planned facilities are not certain, and correspondingly the estimates in this report include mainly existing facilities and sites. In the majority of the Member States that consider new facilities (e.g. nuclear power plant) detailed data has not been provided.

An example of the first reporting approach could be the United Kingdom. It provides data adjusted to the IAEA reference waste categories for the end of the useful life of the respective sites and facilities presently in operation, including waste from decommissioning and site remediation. A few Member States provide the same data and also future waste arisings data for specified years. Most Member States however do not provide data for the end of the useful life, but only for specified future years. Consequently, it is not possible to project the future overall arisings as the data reported is not consistent. All Member States reported data are available in the tables in the Annex.

With regards to spent fuel, an increase from present 54 000 tHM in storage to 64 000 tHM in 2030 is estimated noting, however, that the majority of the new build inventories has not been reported.



Annex:    Spent fuel and radioactive waste inventory data

"-"    in the tables below means no data was received from the Member State or no such practice exists

"0"    in the table means that the data with value "0" was received from the Member State

Table I.1. Overall European Union radioactive waste inventory and the future prospects as at the end of 2013

2013

2020

2030

2040

2050

Other date

Volume,
m
3

Decom. Share, m3

Volume,
m
3

Decom. Share, m3

Volume, m3

Decom. Share, m3

Volume,
m
3

Decom. Share, m3

Volume, m3

Decom. Share, m3

Volume, m3 (date)

Decom. Share, m3

Austria

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

2240

900

2781

1390

3120

1980

3660

2480

3710

2480

-

-

ILW

60

30

63

33

68

38

71

41

74

44

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Belgium

VLLW

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

16067

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

5371

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

285

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bulgaria

VLLW

4700

-

-

-

42000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

23000

-

-

-

90200

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

10

-

-

-

10

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

0

-

-

-

1100

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Croatia

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

12.5

0

113.75

100

1546.25

100

1548.25

100

4561.25

4540

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

41

41

-

-

Cyprus

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Czech Republic

VLLW

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

-

LLW

13580.2

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

1120

-

-

ILW

30 t

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

-

HLW

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

-

Denmark

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5000 - 10000

-

LLW

1200

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

846 t

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Estonia

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

1550.9

1379

1552.8

1379

1555.5

1379

1558.2

1379

1560.9

1379

-

-

ILW

374.6

357

375

357

375.6

357

376.2

357

376.8

357

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Finland**

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

6404

-

7661

-

15383

-

31705

-

33327

-

-

-

ILW

3421

-

4526

-

10002

-

12707

-

12852

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

France

VLLW

440000

-

650000

-

1100000

-

-

-

-

-

2200000

-

LLW

880000

-

1000000

-

1200000

-

-

-

-

-

1900000

-

ILW

135000

-

140000

-

173000

-

-

-

-

-

252000

-

HLW

3200

-

4100

-

5500

-

-

-

-

-

10000

-

Germany

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

215585

-

232800

-

298900

-

322300

-

342700

-

350200 (2080)

-

ILW

23966

-

25900

-

34000

-

36600

-

38800

-

39700 (2080)

-

HLW

568

-

700

-

700

-

700

-

700

-

700 (2080)

-

Greece

VLLW

29.344

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

62.344

33

LLW

21.202

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

23.602

5

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

12

12

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Hungary

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

11475

0

11949

0

14007

310

16323

310

17359

310

65590 (2100)

57330

ILW

4918

0

5121

0

6003

0

6996

0

7440

0

28110 (2100)

6370

HLW

201

0

266

0

400

0

523

0

610

0

1019 (2100)

243

Ireland

VLLW

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

LLW

< 30

0

< 30

0

< 30

0

< 30

0

< 30

0

< 30

0

ILW

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

HLW

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Italy

VLLW

5311

900

10036

5625

17870

13460

22467

18057

22467

18057

22467 (2065)

18057

LLW

30545

4499

38087

12043

48927

22883

54579

28534

56279

30233

58659 (2065)

32614

ILW

5540

150

5911

521

11463

6073

13713

8322

13713

8322

13713 (2065)

8322

HLW

0

-

0

-

38.1

-

38.1

-

38.1

-

38.1 (2065)

0

Latvia

VLLW

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

LLW

858

0

1858

1000

1878

1000

1898

1000

-

-

-

-

ILW

32.5

0

42.5

10

47.5

10

52.5

10

-

-

-

-

HLW

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

Lithuania

VLLW

20000

3502

26000

8000

42000

35000

60000

50000

60000

50000

-

-

LLW

30377

0

35816

1000

66130

12840

96130

27220

96130

27220

-

-

ILW

500

0

1000

200

9000

7500

12000

10500

12000

10500

-

-

HLW

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

-

Luxembourg

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

0.1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

< 2

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-



Malta

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

The Netherlands

VLLW

- ***

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

11000

- ***

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

43.9

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

41.7

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Poland

VLLW

844

-

1020

-

1280

-

1540

-

1850

50

-

-

LLW

2113

-

2250

-

2350

-

2350

-

2350

130

-

-

ILW

830

-

850

-

880

-

910

-

940

-

-

-

HLW

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Portugal

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

234

0

269

0

339

0

423

13.5

493

13.5

-

-

ILW

31

0

56

0

106

0

160

3.4

210

3.4

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Romania

VLLW

330

330

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

2802

0

3760

500

7670

1000

12730

2000

17250

2000

32370 (2095)

16100

ILW

4.5

4.5

60

60

285

60

960

60

1075

175

2235 (2095)

1320

HLW

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0 (2095)

0



Slovakia

VLLW

5511

5246

13726

12726

29000

29000

29000

29000

29000

29000

-

-

LLW

13399

8273.773

23558

12015

38512

24648

41894

25136

44644

25136

-

-

ILW

24.813

13.5

150

137

1200

1187

1900

1887

1900

1887

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Slovenia

VLLW

0

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

-

LLW

2306

0

2562

0

2970

0

3336

0

4207

740

-

-

ILW

37.6

0

40

0

2

0

6

0

0

0

-

-

HLW

0

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

-

Spain

VLLW

16777

2200

26223

9371

44018

24133

101955

81452

101955

81452

101955 (2090)

81452

LLW

38481

2196

44372

5229

55856

12608

85939

42438

85939

42438

85939 (2090)

42438

ILW

31

27

31

27

45

41

365

361

365

361

365 (2090)

361

HLW

12

0

12

0

12

0

12

0

12

0

12 (2090)

0

Sweden

VLLW

21717

-

24000

-

26000

-

28000

-

30000

-

-

-

LLW

41911

-

32000

-

97000

-

110000

-

157000

86000

157000 (2076)

86000

ILW

4000

-

9000

-

12000

-

13000

-

15500

-

15500 (2076)

-

HLW

6296*

-

7500*

-

9500*

-

11000*

-

12600*

-

12600*

-



UK

VLLW

1170

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2840000

-

LLW

1107500

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2457600

-

ILW

153000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

458000

-

HLW

1550

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1410

-

*    Spent fuel either in storage or directly disposed of (Mass of heavy metal, tHM)

**    No HLW expected as spent fuel will be disposed of directly. Finland reported the amounts of spent fuel stored without the information on the overall inventory of spent fuel.

***    Not registered.

Table I.2. Spent fuel stored on Member States' territory

SF in Storage on a Member State territory, tHM

2013

2020

2030

2040

2050

Other (Mass/date)

Austria

-

-

-

-

-

-

Belgium

3302

-

-

-

-

-

Bulgaria

796.5

-

1530

-

-

-

Croatia

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cyprus

-

-

-

-

-

-

Czech Republic

1521.3

2236

2612

2979

3377

-

Denmark

0.2379

-

-

-

-

-

Estonia

-

-

-

-

-

-

Finland

1933.9

2361

2658

2251

2561

-

France

14146

14256

16277

-

-

-

Germany

8397

9600

10500

10500

10500

-

Greece

0

0

0

0

0

-

Hungary

1177.509

1393.13

2063.56

2844.42

3323.42

4999.92 / 2086

Ireland

-

-

-

-

-

-

Italy

30.162

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

-

Latvia

-

-

-

-

-

-

Lithuania

2415.952

2415.95

2415.95

2415.95

2415.95

0 / after 2067

Luxembourg

-

-

-

-

-

-

Malta

-

-

-

-

-

-

The Netherlands

-

-

-

-

-

-

Poland

0.02346

-

-

0.3105

0.4255

-

Portugal

-

-

-

-

-

-

Romania

2289.056

3700

6600

10600

14300

20400.55 / 2080

Slovakia

1505.28

-

2289

-

3380

-

Slovenia

426

516

673

829

900

-

Spain

4685

5424

6679

6679

6679

0 / 2090

Sweden

6296

7500

9500

11000

4000

-

UK

5329

-

-

-

-

11772/ long-term (Date not available)



Table I.3. Spent fuel stored outside European Union territory

SF in Storage outside EU territory, tHM

2013

2020

2030

2040

2050

Other (volume/date)

Austria

-

-

-

-

-

-

Belgium

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bulgaria

838

-

-

-

-

-

Croatia

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cyprus

-

-

-

-

-

-

Czech Republic

0.36

0

0

0

0

-

Denmark

-

-

-

-

-

-

Estonia

-

-

-

-

-

-

Finland

-

-

-

-

-

-

France

-

-

-

-

-

-

Germany

0

0

0

0

0

0

Greece

-

-

-

-

-

-

Hungary

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ireland

-

-

-

-

-

-

Italy

-

-

-

-

-

-

Latvia

-

-

-

-

-

-

Lithuania

0

0

0

0

0

0

Luxembourg

-

-

-

-

-

-

Malta

-

-

-

-

-

-

The Netherlands

0

-

-

-

-

-

Poland

-

-

-

-

-

-

Portugal

-

-

-

-

-

-

Romania

0

0

0

0

0

-

Slovakia

0

0

0

0

0

0

Slovenia

-

-

-

-

-

-

Spain

-

-

-

-

-

-

Sweden

0

0

0

0

0

-

UK

-

-

-

-

-

-



Table I.4. Radioactive waste stored on Member States’ territory

Volume as disposed (m3)

2013

2020

2030

2040

2050

Other (volume/date)

Austria

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

2240

2781

3120

3660

3710

-

ILW

60

63

68

71

74

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Belgium

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

16067

-

-

-

-

70500 / Unknown

ILW

5371

-

-

-

-

11100 / Unknown

HLW

285

-

-

-

-

4500 / Unknown

Bulgaria

VLLW

4700

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

23000

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

10

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

0

-

-

-

-

-

Croatia

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

12.5

113.75

1546.25

1548.75

4561.25

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

41

-

Cyprus

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Czech Republic

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

2746.2

2600

2600

2600

2600

-

ILW

30 t

35 t

45 t

55 t

65 t

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Denmark

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

1200

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

846 t

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-



Estonia

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

1550.9

1552.8

1555.5

1558.2

1560.9

-

ILW

374.6

375

375.6

376.2

376.8

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Finland

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

403.7

470

370

270

270

-

ILW

1473.2

965.8

515.8

265.8

155.8

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

France

VLLW

190000

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

70000

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

135000

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

3200

-

-

-

-

-

Germany

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

140207

157400

151600

84900

15400

-

ILW

15590

17500

17600

10200

2500

-

HLW

568

700

700

700

700

-

Greece

VLLW

29.344

-

-

-

62.344

-

LLW

21.202

-

-

-

23.602

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

0.5

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Hungary

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

7560

5966

2268

140

140

-

ILW

3240

2557

972

60

60

-

HLW

201

266

400

523

610

-

Ireland

VLLW

0

0

0

0

0

0

LLW

< 30

< 30

< 30

< 30

< 30

< 30

ILW

0

0

0

0

0

0

HLW

0

0

0

0

0

0

Italy

VLLW

5311

10036

7753

2189

1557

0 / 2065

LLW

30545

38087

22511

1635

1684

0 / 2065

ILW

5540

5911

11463

13713

13713

13713 / 2065

HLW

0

0

38.1

38.1

38.1

38.1 / 2065



Latvia

VLLW

0

0

0

0

-

-

LLW

55

1055

75

95

-

-

ILW

17.5

27.5

32.5

37.5

-

-

HLW

0

0

0

0

-

-

Lithuania

VLLW

20000

18000

2000

0

0

-

LLW

30377

35816

15000

0

0

-

ILW

500

1000

9000

12000

12000

-

HLW

0

0

0

0

0

-

Luxembourg

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Malta

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

The Netherlands

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

11000

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

43.9

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

41.7

-

-

-

-

-

Poland

VLLW

51

50

50

50

50

-

LLW

905

900

900

900

900

-

ILW

429

450

480

510

540

-

HLW

0

-

-

-

-

-

Portugal*

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Romania

VLLW

330

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

672

1100

2000

1800

1600

950 / 2060

ILW

4.5

60

285

960

1075

1075 / 2060

HLW

0

0

0

0

0

0 / 2060



Slovakia

VLLW

5246

1000

0

0

0

-

LLW

1804.4

2000

1600

1400

1000

-

ILW

24.813

150

1200

1900

1900

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Slovenia

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

2306

2562

1519

1885

2021

-

ILW

37.6

40

2

6

0

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Spain

VLLW

8412

6191

1986

29923

0

0 / 2090

LLW

8221

9810

3294

18377

0

0 / 2090

ILW

31

31

45

365

365

0 / 2090

HLW

12

12

12

12

12

0 / 2090

Sweden

VLLW

2058

-

2000

-

2000

-

LLW

6958

7000

7000

7000

7000

-

ILW

4000

5000

12000

15500

10000

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

UK

VLLW

1170

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

69900

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

153000

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

1550

-

-

-

-

-

* All waste declared as disposed of. 



Table I.5. Radioactive waste stored outside European Union territory

(to be returned to Member States)

Volume as disposed (m3)

Current

2020

2030

2040

2050

Other (volume/date)

Austria

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Belgium

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bulgaria

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

0

-

1100

-

-

-

Croatia

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cyprus

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Czech Republic

VLLW

0

0

0

0

0

-

LLW

0

0

0

0

0

-

ILW

0

0

0

0

0

-

HLW

0

0

0.5

0

0

-

Denmark

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Estonia

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Finland

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

France

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Germany

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Greece

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Hungary

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ireland

VLLW

0

0

0

0

0

0

LLW

0

0

0

0

0

0

ILW

0

0

0

0

0

0

HLW

0

0

0

0

0

0

Italy

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Latvia

VLLW

0

0

0

0

0

-

LLW

0

0

0

0

0

-

ILW

0

0

0

0

0

-

HLW

0

0

0

0

0

-

Lithuania

VLLW

0

0

0

0

0

0

LLW

0

0

0

0

0

0

ILW

0

0

0

0

0

0

HLW

0

0

0

0

0

0

Luxembourg

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Malta

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

The Netherlands

VLLW

0

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

0

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

0

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

0

-

-

-

-

-

Poland

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Portugal

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Romania

VLLW

0

0

0

0

0

-

LLW

0

0

0

0

0

-

ILW

0

0

0

0

0

-

HLW

0

0

0

0

0

-

Slovakia

VLLW

0

0

0

0

0

0

LLW

0

0

0

0

0

0

ILW

0

0

0

0

0

0

HLW

0

0

0

0

0

0



Slovenia

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Spain

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Sweden

VLLW

0

0

0

0

0

-

LLW

0

0

0

0

0

-

ILW

0

0

0

0

0

-

HLW

0

0

0

0

0

-

UK

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-



Table I.6. Disposed of radioactive waste on Member States’ territory

Volume as disposed (m3)

Current

2020

2030

2040

2050

Other (volume/date)

Austria

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Belgium

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bulgaria

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

138200/2086

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Croatia

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cyprus

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Czech Republic

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

10834

13864

19559

24959

30359

-

ILW

0

0

0

0

0

-

HLW

0

0

0

0

0

-

Denmark

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

5000 - 10000

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

Estonia

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Finland

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

5999.8

7191

15013

31435

33057

-

ILW

1948

3561

9486

12441

12696

-

HLW

0

0

-

-

-

-

France

VLLW

250000

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

810000

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

0

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

0

-

-

-

-

-

Germany

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

75378

75378

147400

237400

327400

-

ILW

8375

8375

16400

26400

36400

-

HLW

0

0

0

0

0

-

Greece

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Hungary

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

3915

5983

11739

16183

-

65590/2100

ILW

1678

2564

5031

6936

-

28110/2100

HLW

0

0

0

0

0

1019/2100

Ireland

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Italy

VLLW

-

-

10117

20278

20910

22467/2065

LLW

-

-

26416

52944

54595

58659/2065

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-



Latvia

VLLW

0

0

0

0

-

-

LLW

803

803

1803

1803

-

-

ILW

15

15

15

15

-

-

HLW

0

0

0

0

-

-

Lithuania

VLLW

0

8000

40000

60000

60000

-

LLW

0

0

51130

96130

96130

-

ILW

0

0

0

0

0

12000/after 2067

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Luxembourg

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Malta

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

The Netherlands

VLLW

- **

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Poland

VLLW

793

970

1230

1490

1800

-

LLW

1208

1350

3900

13300

22830

-

ILW

401

400

400

400

400

-

HLW

0

-

-

-

-

-

Portugal

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

234

269

339

423

493

-

ILW

31

56

106

160

210

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Romania

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

2130

2660

5670

10930

15430

19930/2060

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-



Slovakia

VLLW

265

12726

29000

29000

29000

-

LLW

11595

21558

36912

40494

43644

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Slovenia

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

0

0

1452

1452

2187

-

ILW

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

Spain

VLLW

8365

20032

42032

72032

101955

101955/2090

LLW

30260

34562

52562

67562

85939

85939/2090

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

365/2090

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

12/2090

Sweden

VLLW

19659

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

34953

50000

90000

110000

150000

157000/2076

ILW

0

0

0

0

5500

15500/2076

HLW

0

0

200*

4000*

8000*

12600*/2076

UK

VLLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLW

1037600

-

-

-

-

-

ILW

-

-

-

-

-

-

HLW

-

-

-

-

-

-

* Spent fuel disposed of (Mass of heavy metal, tHM)

** Not registered.

Table I.7. Other radioactive waste on Member States’ territory

Waste type

 

Amount

2013

2020

2030

2040

2050

Austria

DSRS (number)

-

-

-

-

-

NORM (m3)

-

-

-

-

-

Belgium

DSRS (number)

-

-

-

-

-

NORM (m3)

-

-

-

-

-

Radium extracting waste (m3)

85 000

-

-

-

-

Bulgaria

DSRS (number)

-

-

-

-

-

NORM (m3)

-

-

-

-

-

Croatia

DSRS (number)

-

-

-

-

-

NORM (m3)

-

-

-

-

-

Cyprus

DSRS (number)

365

-

-

-

-

NORM (m3)

-

-

-

-

-

Czech Republic

DSRS (number)

33119

-

-

-

-

NORM (m3)

-

-

-

-

-

Denmark

DSRS (number)

-

-

-

-

-

NORM (tons)

450 t

750 t

1250 t

1750 t

-

Tailings and ore (tons)

4800 t

-

-

-

-

Estonia

DSRS (number)

-

-

-

-

-

NORM (m3)

23.7

26.7

30.7

34.7

-

Finland

DSRS (number)

-

-

-

-

-

NORM (m3)

-

-

-

-

-

France

DSRS (number)

2300000

-

-

-

-

NORM (tons)

50000000 t

Uranium conversion treatment residues (m3)

690000

635000

688000

-

-

Products remaining after extraction of the uranium contained by the ore (tons)

50000000 t

-

-

Germany

DSRS (number)

-

-

-

-

-

NORM (m3)

-

-

-

-

-

Greece

DSRS (number)

6564

-

-

-

-

NORM (m3)

100

-

-

-

-

Hungary

DSRS (number)

35376

37251

41001

44751

48501

NORM (m3)

-

-

-

-

-



Ireland

DSRS (number)

26

< 50

< 50

< 50

< 50

NORM (m3)

-

-

-

-

-

Italy

DSRS (GBq)

1135464

-

-

-

-

NORM (m3)

-

-

-

-

-

Latvia

DSRS (number)

0

0

0

0

0

NORM (m3)

0

0

0

0

0

Lithuania

DSRS (number)

45000

50000

80000

80000

80000

NORM (m3)

67

67

67

67

67

Luxembourg

DSRS (number)

0.1 m3

-

-

-

< 2 m3

Contaminated material (m3)

0.1

-

-

-

-

Malta

DSRS (number)

15

-

-

-

-

NORM (m3)

-

-

-

-

-

Uranium salts (kg)

2.23 kg

-

-

-

-

Thorium salts (kg)

0.125 kg

-

-

-

-

The Netherlands

DSRS (number)

-

-

-

-

-

NORM (m3)

17000

-

-

-

-

Poland

DSRS (number)

-

-

-

-

-

NORM (m3)

-

-

-

-

-

Portugal

DSRS (number)

-

-

-

-

-

NORM (m3)

200

250

350

450

550

Romania

DSRS (number)

-

-

-

-

-

NORM (m3)

2679900

-

-

-

-

Other (m3)

25135

-

-

-

-

Sterile and radioactive rock (m3)

7072525

-

-

-

-

Slovakia

DSRS (number)

2266

-

-

-

-

NORM (m3)

-

-

-

-

-

Slovenia

DSRS (number)

-

-

-

-

-

NORM (m3)

1614443

1614443

1614443

1614443

-

Spain

DSRS (number)

2376

-

-

-

-

NORM (m3)

-

-

-

-

-

Sweden

DSRS (number)

-

-

-

-

-

NORM (m3)

-

-

-

-

-

UK

DSRS (number)

-

-

-

-

-

NORM (m3)

-

-

-

-

-



Table I.8. Radioactive waste disposed of at sea 13

Activity, GBq

Austria

-

Belgium

29 730.5

Bulgaria

-

Croatia

-

Cyprus

-

Czech Republic

-

Denmark

-

Estonia

-

Finland

-

France

354 000

Germany

203.5

Greece

-

Hungary

-

Ireland

-

Italy

185

Latvia

-

Lithuania

-

Luxembourg

-

Malta

-

The Netherlands

340 000

Poland

-

Portugal

-

Romania

-

Slovakia

-

Slovenia

-

Spain

-

Sweden

3255

UK

35 109 397

Table I.9. Comparison of global European Union radioactive wastes in disposal (m3, rounded to thousands)

6th report3 
(2004*)

7th report4 (2007*)

EC internal data (2010*)

2013

2020**

2030**

2040**

2050**

Total waste

1 856 000
(1 851 000)

2 083 000
(2 045 000)

2 214 000
(2 188 000)

2 316 000

271 000

617 000

934 000

1 130 000

VLLW

34 000

105 000

197 000

279 000

42 000

122 000

183 000

214 000

LLW

1 822 000
(1 817
000)

1 977 000
(1 940 000)

2 017 000

(1 991 000)

2 025 000

214 000

464 000

705 000

862 000

ILW

0

0

0

12 000

15 000

31 000

46 000

55 000

HLW

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

* Reviewed and updated data

** Not all Member States reported such information, thus the values given do not represent the overall EU situation



Table I.10. Comparison of global European Union spent fuel and radioactive wastes in storage (m3, rounded to thousands)

6th report3
(2004*)

7th report4 (2007*)

EC internal data (2010*)

2013

2020**

2030**

2040**

2050**

Total SF

38 000

45 000

53 000

54 000

49 000

64 000

50 000

51 000

Total radioactive waste

800 000

(798 000)

546 000
(962 000)

585 000
(909 000)

997 000

339 000

286 000

217 000

91 000

VLLW

176 000

33 000
(175 000)

32 000
(217 000)

237 000

35 000

14 000

32 000

4 000

LLW

401 000
(411 000)

222 000
(495 000)

133 000
(365 000)

428 000

269 000

217 000

128 000

43 000

ILW

217 000
(206 000)

287 000
(288 000)

415 000
(321 000)

326 000

34 000

54 000

56 000

43 000

HLW

6 000

(5 000)

4 000

5 000

6 000

1 000

1 000

1 000

1 000

* Reviewed and updated data (Significant changes are mainly due to inclusion of missing data for France and review of UK data)

** Not all Member States reported such information, thus the values given do not represent overall EU situation



Table I.11. Comparison of global European Union spent fuel and radioactive wastes (m3, rounded to thousands)

6th report3
(2004*)

7th report4

(2007*)

EC internal data (2010*)

2013

2020**

2030**

Total SF

38 000

45 000

53 000

54 000

49 000

64 000

Total radioactive waste

2 655 000

(2 649 000*)

2 628 000
(3 007 000
*)

2 799 000
(3 097 000
*)

3 313 000

610 000

903 000

VLLW

210 000

138 000
(280 000
*)

229 000
(414 000
*)

516 000

77 000

136 000

LLW

2 223 000
(2 228 000
*)

2 199 000
(2 435 000
*)

2 150 000
(2 356 000
*)

2 453 000

483 000

681 000

ILW

217 000
(206 000
*)

287 000
(288 000
*)

415 000
(321 000
*)

338 000

49 000

85 000

HLW

6 000

(5 000*)

4 000

5 000

6 000

1 000

1 000

* Reviewed and updated data (Significant changes are mainly due to inclusion of missing data for France and review of UK data)

** For 2020 and 2030 UK did not provide data thus the values given do not represent overall EU situation

(1)

     Council Directive 2011/70/EURATOM of 19 July 2011 establishing a Community framework for the responsible and safe management of spent fuel and radioactive waste; OJ L 199/48, 2.8.2011.

(2)

     The last one of the series was "Commission staff working paper, Seventh situation report, radioactive waste and spent fuel management in the European Union; SEC(2011) 1007 final, 22.8.2011".

(3)

     Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council, Sixth situation report on radioactive waste and spent fuel management in the European Union; COM(2008)542 final, 8.9. 2008 and accompanying document SEC(2008)2416 final/2, 16.7.2010.

(4)

     Commission staff working paper, Seventh situation report, radioactive waste and spent fuel management in the European Union; SEC(2011) 1007 final, 22.8.2011.

(5)

     Article 14(1) of the Directive states “...taking advantage of the review and reporting under the Joint Convention.” In the last Joint Convention reporting cycle (5th Joint Convention meeting in May 2015) the Member States used 2013 as a reference date.

(6)

     Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, INFCIRC/546, 24.12.1997.

(7)

     Classification of Radioactive Waste. IAEA Safety Standards No. GSG-1, 2009, Vienna.

(8)

     Bulgaria and Lithuania categorised and using these past disposal (RADON type) facilities as storage facilities. See Table 8 of the Staff Working Document (2017)159 on Progress of Implementation of Council Directive 2011/70/Euratom.

(9)

     The chart shows increase factors of radioactive waste volumes over the time in comparison to the 2004 volumes.

(10)

     The chart shows increase factors of radioactive waste volumes over the time in comparison to the 2004 volumes.

(11)

     The chart shows percentage increase of radioactive waste volumes over the time.

(12)

     See footnote 4.

(13)

The London Convention that entered into force in 1975 prohibits such practices and promotes the effective control of all sources of pollution of the marine environment.

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