Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of the work under the nuclear decommissioning assistance programme to Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia in the period 2010-2014

Upon accession, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia committed to close down early eight older Soviet design nuclear power plants before the end of their scheduled lifetime. In exchange the Union agreed to assist financially the three Member States to decommission the concerned power plants:
- Kozloduy (KNPP) units 1 to 4 in Bulgaria,
- Ignalina (INPP) units 1 and 2 in Lithuania and
- Bohunice V1 (V1 NPP) units 1 and 2 in Slovakia.
The timing for Lithuania and Slovakia (accession in 2004) differs from Bulgaria (accession in 2007).

The EU financial assistance was established to support the Member States to safely decommission the reactors subject to early closure ("decommissioning window") and to implement mitigation measures in the energy sector such as replacement capacity, environmental upgrading, modernisation and energy efficiency ("energy window"). The scope of the new assistance programme focusses on the steady process towards the decommissioning end state. Correspondingly no new support will be granted to energy window projects in the new financing period (2014-2020), however the implementation of previously existing projects will continue for several years.

The previous implementation report describes the fulfilment of their initial commitment by the three Member States and the implementation of the assistance programme until 2009. The present report describes the activities and results starting from 2010 and ending on 31 October 2014, except for financial data, which is reported on until 30 September 2014.

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