1.

The distance from the site to the nearest Member State is 75 km for Croatia. The border of Serbia, as a neighbouring country, is at a distance of 66 km.

2.

Under normal operating conditions, the discharge of gaseous and liquid radioactive effluents will not be liable to cause an exposure of the population in another Member State or a third country that is significant from the point of view of health, in respect of the dose limits laid down in the Basic Safety Standards Directive (Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom) (3).

3.

Solid low and intermediate level radioactive waste will be disposed of in the underground National Radioactive Waste Repository in Bátaapáti. Spent fuel elements will be temporarily stored on site (in a new facility to be built, not included in this submission). The planned reference scenario is that the fuel elements subsequently will be disposed of in a deep geological repository in Hungary. Reprocessing of spent fuel may be an option. In case spent fuel will be shipped to a third country for reprocessing, it will have to return to Hungary for disposal in application of Article 4, paragraph 2 of the Radioactive Waste Directive (Council Directive 2011/70/Euratom (4)), according to which where spent fuel is shipped for reprocessing to a third country, the ultimate responsibility for the safe and responsible disposal of that material, including any waste as a by-product, shall remain with the Member State of origin. In case spent fuel will be shipped to a third country for disposal, the following requirements should be met: (i) spent fuel must be regarded as ’radioactive waste’ by the Hungarian competent regulatory authority, in accordance with the definition provided in Article 3(7) of the Directive, (ii) at the time of the shipment, an agreement to use a disposal facility in the third country of destination must have entered into force between the latter and Hungary; (iii) the conditions listed in Article 4(4) of the Directive must be fulfilled, in particular the condition under letter c) thereof, according to which the third country of destination must have an operating disposal facility. Finally, it should be stressed that the purpose of the shipment of spent fuel (be it reprocessing or disposal) needs to be clearly established and communicated in advance by the competent authorities.

4.

In the event of accidents of the type and associated magnitudes of unplanned releases of radioactive effluents, as considered in the General Data, the doses likely to be received by the population in another Member State or a third country would not be significant from the point of view of health, in respect of the reference levels laid down in the Basic Safety Standards Directive (Directive 2013/59/Euratom).

5.

The submitted General Data and additional information provided data on the analysis of the seismicity of the region around the nuclear power plant site (classified into the seismically mid-active regions) and on the probable maximum seismic activity (Annex I to Commission Recommendation 2010/635/Euratom). The Commission encourages the Hungarian authorities to continue to monitor closely the development of the scientific knowledge on the seismology of the region around the nuclear power plant site, to give appropriate follow up to any findings, and to inform neighbouring Member States and the Commission.