Spanish Experience

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Local Competence Building and public information
in Nuclear territories

• Spanish Experience

Cernavoda 5th April 2006
Josep Castellnou Barceló President of AMAC
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Location of the Spanish NPPs
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Municipalities with Nuclear installations in its
territories in Spain.
8 Sites 7 sites with NPPs 1 site with LLW
storage (Cabril) 72 Municipalities-towns 80.000
inhabitants Rural Areas or Semi-rural areas
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Territory and Nuclear Safety.Brief historical
references

• 1979 First Local elections
• Conflicts in the territories
• 1979-83 Ascó The Town hall is positioned against
  the nuclear installation.
• 1988 Trillo. Operational Start and conflicts due
  to the Radioactive Waste.
• 1988 Vandellòs. Operational start of the NPP-II.
• 1989 Vandellòs Accident and closure of
  Vandellòs-I
• Creation of AMAC
• 1991. 4th National Plan of Nuclear Waste
  Management
• Enlargement of NNPP interim storage.

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Municipalities with Nuclear installations in its
territories in Spain.
1988 It is created the Spanish Association of
Municipalities which are affected by NPPs. It is
named AMAC Spanish association of Municipalities
in Nuclear areas. Essential pillars Safety
non negotiable right. Information necessity and
also a requirement. Economic development getting
back benefits for all the country
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Territory vs. nuclear facilities

• Previous reality
• Staying away from the yes/no debate on nuclear
  energy
• Risk consciousness
• Necessity of cohabitation with the facility
• Future foreseeing
• Safety guarantee for the future

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SAFETY

• 1988, Lack of
• Emergency Plans.
• Knowledge about NNPP operation
• Exercises
• From 1988
• Regular relation with Consejo de Seguridad
  Nuclear
• Investments in protection civil means such as
  communication tools, cars, evacuation roads, etc.
• Exercises in all nuclear areas

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INFORMATION

• 1988. Lack of a real information facing the
  population.
• AMAC asked for a complete, regular, objective and
  understandable information.
• Application of European Directive 1989 of
  information on radiological risk.
• Creation of Local Commissions of Information.

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Local Committees of information
Committees of Information Article 13th of the
RD 1836/1999, December 3, of the Regulation of
the nuclear installations. Members Minist
ry of Economy CSN-Safety Council/Regulatory
Body Operator of the nuclear
installation Delegación del Gobierno Regiona
l government (Comunidad autónoma) Municipality
where the nuclear installation is or has to be
built. Competences To inform to them members
about the progress of the nuclear activities as
well as about other items of common interest.
Meetings Once a year
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AMAC Local Commissions of information

• Official Committees inadequate
• AMAC created wider Local Commissions in all
  nuclear areas
• Local council initiative.
• Members Ministry of Industry
• CSN Regulatory Body
• Operator
• Regional government
• Mayors from the municipalities affected
• Social and economical representatives
• Competences
• To inform to the citizens about the operation
  of NP and about modifications, new projects,
  emergency planning and any news concerned.
• To organize events addressed to the public.
• Meetings Twice a year

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Economic development

• Involvement of the State, Regional Governments,
  nuclear companies and economic sectors.
• Working through supra municipal organisms.
• Public investments in improvement of the local
  infrastructures, formation and promotion.
• Main goal to create an economic alternative to
  the nuclear Energy, industry, tourism and
  agriculture.
• Compensations

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Compensations in Spain. Systems (I)

• Regulation Ministerial order about compensations
  due to the storage of the radioactive waste
• (Orden Ministerial de compensaciones por el
  almacenamiento de residuos)
• - High level
• - Medium and Low level
• - Interim Storages in the NPPs
• - NPPs in process of dismantlement.

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Compensations in Spain. Systems (II)

• The compensation depends on the kind of storage.
  The storage for the Spent fuel means the highest
  compensation and the lowest compensation concerns
  the dismantled NPPs.
• The distribution of the compensations

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Sistema de compensaciones en España III

• Criteria of distribution among municipalities
• - Surface 60
• - Population / Distance 40
• Quantities
• - Same fixed quantity every year
• HL ATIs1,8 M
• LML.. 620,000
• DD NNPP 480,000
• - Variable quantity
• HL ATIs.. 18,000 /TM
  LML..675 /m3
• DD NNPP 0

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AMAC Vs Nuclear waste

• Opposition to the enlargement of pools
• Local involvement
• Looking for a solution
• Defending the future of our territories and sites
• AMAC defends a centralized storage
• Promoting a special program to find a consensual
  methodology for DMP
• Self involvement in DMP

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Decommissioning Dismantling I

• Vandellós I
• 19 de October de 1989 Incident.
• 1998 Beginning of the dismantlement.
• 2003 End of dismantling process. Beginning of the
  period of latency.
• Local Commission
• Town Halls Vandellòs i lHospitalet de lInfant,
  Pratdip, Montroig del Camp, lAmetlla de Mar and
  Tivissa (9 people)
• Baix Camp Regional Council (1 person)
• ADE Business Association Territorial Delegation
  of Industry (1 person)
• Territorial Delegation of Environment (1 person)
• Rovira i Virgili University (1 person)
• Director of dismantlement
• Of NPP (1 person)
• Technical Director of NPP dismantlement
• Secretary

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Decommissioning Dismantling II

• Agreement with Regional Council on conventional
  waste collection.
• Creation of the ADE Business Association.
• Year Nº Companies
• Local Provincial Other
• 1998 37 52 37
• 1999 41 48 38
• 2000 37 55 53
• 2001 31 52 19
• 2002 30 54 61

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Social and Economic effects
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Future Activities

• To take part in national Decision Making Process
  in nuclear issues Nuclear waste management
• Enlargement of NNPP life
• Local economy policies
• To increase the efficiency of emergency planning.
  Public information and exercises.
• To improve local quality of life
• To consolidate local incomes
• To increase of the knowledge in relation with the
  nuclear energy
• Conferences, seminars and technical visits.
• Participation in European Projects.
• Empowerment of the Local committees of
  information.

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