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VATESI prepared and submitted to the European Commission report on the implementation of the Council Directive 2009/71/EURATOM of 25 June 2009 establishing a Community framework for the nuclear safety of nuclear installations.

Report presents detailed information on the implementation of the nuclear safety objectives set out in the Directive and ensuring a high level of nuclear safety at nuclear facilities in Lithuania: Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (hereinafter – Ignalina NPP) and on-site radioactive waste management facilities, as well as spent fuel storage facilities.

Lithuania has a nuclear safety regulatory system. Provisions of the Directive that oblige to establish and maintain a legislative, regulatory and organizational framework for the safety of nuclear installations, the competent nuclear safety regulatory authority and the primary responsibility of the licensee for the safety of a nuclear installation have been transposed into national law.

Although both power units of the Ignalina NPP have been permanently shut down, competent personnel are constantly monitoring the systems important to safety that ensure the cooling of spent nuclear fuel and confine/detain radionuclides. Ignalina NPP employees perform maintenance and repair of these systems and they are regularly tested and inspected. In addition, in order to reduce the risk of potential accidents and mitigate their impact, Ignalina NPP has implemented severe accident management measures, which are constantly being improved.

This Report was prepared in consultation with State Enterprise Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant.

The objective of the Nuclear Safety Directive is to establish a single Community framework to ensure and promote the continuous improvement of nuclear safety and its regulation. Member States shall provide for appropriate national arrangements for a high level of nuclear safety to protect workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionizing radiation.

The Directive obliges the signatory countries of the European Union to prepare and submit national reports on the implementation of the provisions of the Directive. Lithuania submitted this type of report for the second time (the first report was submitted in 2014). Based on the Member States' reports, the Commission provides the European Parliament and the Council with a general overview of the implementation of the Directive in the Community, formulating challenges and recommendations for overcoming them.


Lithuanian National Report on Implementation of Council Directive 2009/71/EURATOM (.pdf)