0 Tadas Matulionis Lietuvos Energija AB Strategic planning manager Minsk, December 07, 2007 Environmental Impact Assessment of a New Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania

1 Contents EIA process Project description EIA program Parties involved in the EIA procedure Planned schedule

2 The,,nature” of an EIA EIA brings the environmental issues ”in” to the planning project so that they are taken into account together with the economic and technical issues EIA increases interaction between the project developer and stakeholders and also between stakeholders it is necessary to carry out the EIA well before any decisions have been made: only this makes a genuine assessment of different alternatives possible as a result of the early timing, the input technical information is not very accurate in EIA, but the impact evaluation is comprehensive and versatile. The inaccuracy of the input information is compensated by using ”worst case” assumptions

3 EIA process

4 The planned project In the EIA the impacts of a new NPP of at most 3400 MWe is evaluated Two alternative locations within the territory of the current Ignalina NPP are assessed All commercially available and technically feasible plant types will be taken into consideration

5 EIA Program

6 Contents of the EIA program Chapter 1: General information Chapter 2: Description of the EIA-procedure and its schedule Chapter 3: Plan of communication and participation Chapter 4: Description of alternatives Chapter 5: Technological processes (technical description of the project) Chapter 6: Waste (description of the waste types in different phases of the project) Chapter 7: Description of the present state of environment Assessment of potential impacts of the project Mitigation measures Chapter 8: Potential impact on neighboring countries Chapter 9: Monitoring Chapter 10: Risk analysis and assessment Chapter 11: Anticipated difficulties during EIA preparation Chapter 12: References

7 Impacts to be assessed The impacts of construction The impacts during the operation of the new plant unit on: Water systems Climate and air quality Groundwater Soil and bedrock Biodiversity, vegetation, animals and conservation areas Landscape and land use Cultural heritage Social-economic environment Public health Impacts of exceptional and accident situations Impacts of the zero-option In addition, impacts of decommissioning and spent nuclear fuel generation and storage shall be described

8 EIA stakeholders EIA-PROCEDURE Independent EIA consultant (developer of EIA documents) Lietuvos Energija AB organizer (developer) of the proposed economic activity Ministry of Environment (competent authority and coordinating international hearing) Media EIA parties Municipalities of Visaginas, Ignalina and Zarasai Neighbours and residents of nearby areas Other cities and municipalities Other authorities and experts Non-governmental and environmental organisations Trade and professional organisations in the area affected by the project Other countries Potentially affected countries

9 International consultation process Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo, 1991) Notified countries: - Belorus - Estonia - Finland - Latvia - Poland - Russia - Sweden Responses to the notification as for today: from Belorus, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Latvia and Poland Austria reserved the right to participate in the EIA

10 EIA schedule

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