Environmental Impact Assessment for the Decommissioning of

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Nuclear Installations - FINAL REPORT - Volume 2 Guidance for

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Undertaking an EIA of Proposals to Decommission a Nuclear

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Directorate-General for the Environment, European Commission

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CONTENTS

1 EIA AND NPP DECOMMISSIONING..1

1.1 Introduction ..1

1.2 Application of the Guidance.1

1.3 Impact Analysis Methodology 2

1.4 Project Team.8

1.5 Relationship with Other Decommissioning Documentation9

2 THE EIA PROCESS.11

2.1 Scoping.11

2.2 Environmental Impact Evaluation..13

2.3 EIS Preparation.15

2.4 EIS Review.15

2.5 EIS Decision..15

3 CONSULTATION AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION..17

3.1 Introduction 17

3.2 Key issues18

3.3 Public Participation in the Stages of the EIA Process..24

4 DEFINITION OF OPTIONS FOR ASSESSMENT.31

4.1 Environmental Impacts Associated with NPP Decommissioning..31

4.2 Description of the Installation and Site 32

4.3 Description of Decommissioning Project and its Alternatives.34

5 BASELINE DESCRIPTION37

5.1 Impact Factors relating to the Natural Environment .37

5.2 Socio-Economic Factors..38

5.3 Typical Contents..39

6 IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL IMPACTS43

6.1 Identification of Actions with the Potential to Cause Impacts .43

6.2 Identification of Environmental Factors Potentially Affected by Impacts.44

6.3 Impact Identification Matrix..47

7 IMPACT ASSESSMENT..49

7.1 Impact Indicators .49

7.2 Results of Assessment ..51

8 MITIGATION MEASURES53

8.1 Identification of Mitigation Measures ..53

8.2 Final Impact54

9 ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME..55

10 REFERENCES.57

11 GLOSSARY61

APPENDIX 2.1: EXAMPLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT

APPENDIX 2.2: CONSULTATION AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

APPENDIX 2.3: IDENTIFICATION OF FEATURES THAT MAY BE

UNIQUE TO NON-NPP DECOMMISSIONING PROJECTS