Republic of Croatia, National Report on Implementation of the Obligations Under Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, 3rd Report

The Republic of Croatia signed the “Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management” (Joint Convention) on 9 April 1998, and ratified it on 5 February 1999. The first National Report on implementation of the obligations under the Joint Convention was prepared at the beginning of 2003, and the Republic of Croatia participated at the Review Meeting later that year. The second National Report was prepared in 2005 also followed by an active participation at the Review Meeting in 2006. This National Report contains updated information on matters covered in the second report, focusing on the safety advancement achieved in the meantime. The Report has the same structure as the previous one and in each section new developments are presented together with the most important previous statements which still hold true. Also, the issues raised during the last Review Meeting are given adequate consideration, which is briefly discussed in the second part of the Section K. Major developments in the period after the second report were: a) advances in the national SF and RW management policy, b) further advancement of the regulatory framework, and c) advances in specific RW management practices.