Summary Report Based on the Oral Conclusions of the Two Rapporteurs

Eight years after the entry into force of the Law on the provisions created for the decommissioning of nuclear power plants and the management of fuel irradiated in these plants (Law of 11 April 2003, as amended in 2007), the Belgian Minister for Climate and Energy wished to organize a round table on nuclear provisions aimed at examining the possibilities for improving this Law (see attached participant list), taking into account the experience gained and the assessments carried out, by ONDRAF/NIRAS among others within the scope of its _nuclear liabilities inventory_ mission. More specifically, the round table on nuclear provisions aimed at: <br>analyzing various models _ internal, external or hybrid _ for managing the financial resources intended to cover the costs of the decommissioning of nuclear power plants and the management of fuel irradiated in these plants; <br>examining the pillars supporting the coverage of nuclear costs: liability, financial security of financial resources, as well as control and transparency; <br>formulating the main unresolved questions in order to enable decision-making with full knowledge of the facts. <br>The round table was not intended to examine the coverage of nuclear costs that are not directly linked with nuclear power plant operation and decommissioning.<br>The round table was framed around four main issues (see attached programme): <br>presentation of the Belgian system, addressed from various angles; <br>analysis of the above-mentioned pillars; <br>comparative examination at OECD and European Commission level; <br>presentation of four foreign systems, namely the systems in force in France, Spain, Germany and Finland. <br>The round table on nuclear provisions revealed no major divergences and led to the following areas of consensus.