Link to the study - European Parliament - Europa

Policy Department D: Budgetary Affairs
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After issuance of decommissioning licence (and consecutive start of dismantling works) it is not
possible from the legal and technical point of view to return to operation of the NPP. No
organisational or political decision thus cannot further hinder the process, as there are strict
deadlines imposed on JAVYS in the decommissioning licence and the NPP already lacks many
essential components preventing its re-start.
The financial planning within the project
How and on which knowledge/estimate base are financial plans set up and updated?
The cost estimates were always part of the relevant studies and/or decommissioning plans that have
been prepared or reviewed by external competent bodies. JAVYS’ requirement was always to have
them set based on the latest international experience and respective internationally accepted
methodologies. The key documentation 'Conceptual decommissioning plan' was a result of the study
performed by German-based Energiewerke Nord that had a long experience in decommissioning of
similar power plant in Greifswald. The latter Decommissioning strategy was based on the Yellow book
methodology and its latest revision is based on the latest fine-tuned Yellow book update - the
International Structure of Decommissioning Costing that is a methodology prepared jointly by EC,
IAEA and OECD- NEA (issued in 2012).
The financial plan was based:
- On estimated flow and contamination of material from similar Greifswald NPP. After
Decommissioning database of the NPP V1 was elaborated, new tailor made figures were able to
be introduced;
- Decommissioning as a labour intensive industry was based on price level of salaries at the time
of elaboration of the document, significant changes in the national political and economic
system resulted in an update, increase of the respective cost estimate of decommissioning
works.
How is, from the view of the licence holder, the decision process organized (internal and
external process, structure of checks, approvals, past experiences with the decision process)?
The overall decision making process is much more complicated and more demanding than for
example the decommissioning of the other NPP under JAVYS management, meaning NPP A1. The
reason is the financial model set by the BIDSF fund’s administrator – the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development – and involvement of more stakeholders – European Commission,
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Ministry of Economy and specific Project
Management Unit (involving external Consultants). The process is more time consuming, needing
more staff devoted to the management of the overall process and reporting tasks.
In compliance with the Framework Agreement (Section 3) signed between the Slovak Government
and the EBRD in 2001, Slovenské Elektrárne, a.s. and later JAVYS established the Project Management
Unit ('PMU'). The PMU is composed of JAVYS experts and international Consultant staff. PMU is
currently represented by internal organizational unit titled 'Division of Decommissioning and PMU',
chaired by the vice-chairman of JAVYS’ Board of Directors. In order to manage the preparatory works
and implementation phase of BIDSF projects, project teams for implementation of respective BIDSF
projects were established within JAVYS.
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