Activities of Werner LANGEN related to 2018/0251(NLE)
Plenary speeches (1)
Nuclear decommissioning assistance programme of the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania (debate) DE
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing the nuclear decommissioning assistance programme of the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania (Ignalina programme); and repealing Council Regulation (EU) No 1369/2013 PDF (714 KB) DOC (96 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The storage of spent fuel at the Ignalina interim waste store might give rise to security-related questions.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The decommissioning of the Ignalina nuclear power plant should be carried out with recourse to the best available technical expertise, and with due regard to the nature and technological specifications of the installations to be decommissioned, in order to ensure safety and the highest possible efficiency, thus taking into account international best practices and specialists.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) An effective monitoring and control of the evolution of the decommissioning process should be ensured by the Commission and Lithuania in order to assure the highest Union added value of the funding allocated under this Regulation, although the ultimate responsibility for the decommissioning rests with Lithuania. This includes effective measurementonitoring of progress and performance, and, where necessary, the enacting of corrective measures where necessarytogether with Lithuania and the EU.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The general objective of the Programme is to assist Lithuania in implementing Ignalina nuclear power plant decommissioning, with specific emphasis on managing the radiological safety challenges of the decommissioning of the Ignalina nuclear power plant, whilst ensuring broad dissemination to all EU Member States of knowledge thereby generated on nuclear decommissioning old nuclear facilities. This also concerns the security- related questions raised by the interim waste store in the Ignalina region.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Programme has the specificmain objective to carry out the dismantling and decontamination of the Ignalina equipment and reactor shafts in accordance with the decommissioning plan, and to continue with the safe management of the decommissioning and legacy waste and disseminate the generated knowledge among EU stakeholders.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Programme also has the complementary objective to ensure broad dissemination of the knowledge generated on decommissioning nuclear facilities with the same type of reactor in other Member States.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. TheA detailed description of the specificmain objective is set out in the Annex I. The Commission may modify, by meansamend Annex I by way of implementing acts, the Annex I, in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 12(2).
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Programme for the period 2021 - -2027 shall be EUR 552683 000 000 in current prices.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
The overall maximum Union co-financing rate applicable under the Programme shall be no higher than 80%. The remaining financing shall be provided by Lithuania andLithuania shall bear no more than 20% of the overall decommissioning cost. Any costs in excess of the EUR 683 000 000 should be provided from additional sources other than the Union budget.