Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, Second National Report of Lithuania in Accordance with Article 32 of the Convention

Lithuania has signed this Convention on 30 September 1997 and ratified it on 18 December 2003. This Convention entered in force in Lithuania on 14 June 2004. This is the second report of Lithuania for this Convention. The aim of the report is to give the information on the fulfillment of obligations of this Convention to other Contracting Parties. This report will be discussed in the Third Review Meeting to be held in Vienna on 11-22 May 2009. This report was prepared according the Guidelines Regarding the Form and Structure of National Reports. It takes into account questions to the first Lithuanian report also challenges and plans to improve safety indicated in Reporter’s Report for Lithuania prepared during the Second Review Meeting. Summary of major changes in the area of spent fuel and radioactive waste management in Lithuania since the presentation of last report are presented in Section L.