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Commission Opinion of 10 March 2011 relating to the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste arising from the Clifton Marsh Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility, located in Lancashire, United Kingdom, in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty
Commission Opinion of 10 March 2011 relating to the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste arising from the Clifton Marsh Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility, located in Lancashire, United Kingdom, in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty
Commission Opinion of 10 March 2011 relating to the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste arising from the Clifton Marsh Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility, located in Lancashire, United Kingdom, in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty
OJ C 77, 11.3.2011, p. 3–3
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11.3.2011 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 77/3 |
COMMISSION OPINION
of 10 March 2011
relating to the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste arising from the Clifton Marsh Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility, located in Lancashire, United Kingdom, in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty
(Only the English text is authentic)
2011/C 77/02
On 23 September 2010, the European Commission received from the British Government, in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty, General Data relating to the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste arising from the Clifton Marsh Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility.
On the basis of these data and additional information requested by the Commission on 11 October 2010 and provided by the British authorities on 25 November 2010, and following consultation with the Group of Experts, the Commission has drawn up the following opinion:
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The distance between the disposal facility and the nearest point on the territory of another Member State, in this case Ireland, is 180 km. |
2. |
During the disposal facility's operational period:
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After the disposal facility's operational period: The measures envisaged for the final closure of the disposal facility as described in the General Data, provide reliance that the conclusions under point 2 above will remain valid in the long term. |
In conclusion, the Commission is of the opinion that the implementation of the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste in whatever form arising from the Clifton Marsh Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility in the United Kingdom, during its normal operational life and after its final closure, as well as in the event of an accident of the type and magnitude considered in the General Data, is not liable to result in the radioactive contamination of the water, soil or airspace of another Member State.
Done at Brussels, 10 March 2011.
For the Commission
Günther OETTINGER
Member of the Commission