Annexes to COM(2016)170 - Operation of the High Flux Reactor in the period 2012-2013 - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2016)170 - Operation of the High Flux Reactor in the period 2012-2013. |
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| document | COM(2016)170  |
| date | April 5, 2016 |
Financing for the decommissioning fund and other expenditure linked to the Commission’s management of the supplementary research programme comes out of this amount.
Since 2004, due to a re-evaluation of decommissioning costs, the annual contribution of the supplementary programme to the decommissioning fund increased from EUR 400 000/year to EUR 800 000/year. This amount is taken from (a) the regular budget of the supplementary research programme, and (b) the interest earned on the bank account of the decommissioning fund of the supplementary research programme. For example, in 2013 the estimated amount of interest generated by the decommissioning fund was EUR 145 000. Therefore, only EUR 655 000 was added from the regular supplementary research programme budget to reach the 800 000 €/year. As of 31 December 2013, the total amount in the decommissioning fund is EUR 15 639 000. This fund will contribute to the future decommissioning costs of the HFR (to be borne by Euratom), estimated at EUR 72 600 000 in the most recent decommissioning study available 2 .
Other expenditure incurred by the JRC during the reporting period and paid directly from the supplementary research programme budget includes:
• direct staff costs (e.g. supplementary research programme management): EUR 345 000
• HFR support costs (e.g. legal advice): EUR 66 000
• utilities (e.g. electricity, water, heating): EUR 993 000
• spent fuel management costs: EUR 1 902 000
The accompanying staff working document presents the results of the HFR’s operation in 2012-13 in more detail.
(1)
OJ L321 of 20.12.2012, p. 59.
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Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations and Management of Radioactive Waste: Management of Nuclear Liabilities arising out of the Activities of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) carried out under the Euratom Treaty — COM(2013) 734 final.