State Enterprise Radioactive Waste received by the Ministry of Environment and Waters of Bulgaria a positive Quality Assessment regarding the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Report for the Decommissioning of KNPP units I to IV.
On grounds of the approved report, MEW determines Municipalities of Kozloduy and Mizia for hosts where SE RAW shall conduct public hearings regarding the EIA report. Location, date and time of the public hearings shall be announced in the media and on the website of SE RAW (https://dprao.bg) no more than 30 days before the date approved by the mayors. These hearings are open for everyone who is interested in the issue.
The EIA Report together with all attachments shall be made available in places determined by the mayors of Kozloduy and Mizia. The citizens of the both municipalities can give their opinion on the documents by: submitting written statements in the Main Office of SE RAW – Sofia or in the Information Center – Kozloduy; notes in the Book of Statements and opinions in both municipalities; mail to info_center@dprao.bg.
In accordance with the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context, the EIA Report with its attachments translated into English shall be sent to neighbor Romania as a state that participates in the Transboundary procedure for EIA of the investment proposal. If Romania shows interest, Romanian citizens will have the possibility to participate in the public hearings on Bulgarian territory as well as SE RAW can arrange on Romanian territory public hearings for the EIAR of the Project for the Decommissioning of KNPP’s shut down units I to IV.
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The equipment dismantling from KNNP’s Units I-IV is a response to Bulgaria’s commitment for their decommissioning. In November 1999 the Bulgarian government and the European commission signed a Memorandum by which Bulgaria commits to shut down and decommission the small units of the nuclear power plant. As a result, the four units were shut down within the agreed terms – I and II in the end of 2002 and III and IV in the end of 2006.
SE RAW is entrusted with the commitment to manage the units of the Bulgarian nuclear power plant as RAW facilities and their subsequent decommissioning. For this purpose a new specialized division was formed within the structure of the enterprise – Specialized Division Decommissioning-Kozloduy. Its activities are regulated through licenses issued by the Bulgarian Nuclear Regulatory Agency.
