KOHESIO · Q3779310 · LT

Decommissioning of the Maišiagala Radioactive Waste Storage Facility

The Maišiagala Radioactive Waste Storage Facility (hereinafter ‘Maišiagala Storage Facility’) stores unsorted and untreated short-lived and long-lived radioactive waste. The comprehensive safety assessment found that even the restructured engineering barriers of the Maišiagala storage facility for long-lived radioactive waste cannot guarantee long-term safety and can therefore only be operated as a storage facility for radioactive waste and cannot be converted into a disposal facility. The environmental and public impact of the repository is increased by the proximity of Bartkuškis telmologic…

EU budget
€14.9M
Total project cost
€14.9M
Period
2016-02-23 → 2023-09-01
Thematic objective
TO06Environment and resource efficiency

About the Environment and resource efficiency objective

Thematic Objective 6 finances environment and resource efficiency — water and waste management, biodiversity protection, contaminated-site remediation, air quality, and the circular economy.

EU contribution: €14.9M from the Cohesion envelope.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the EU budget for this project?
The EU contributes €14.9M toward a total project cost of €14.9M.
Which fund or thematic objective does it belong to?
This project falls under EU Cohesion Policy thematic objective TO06 — Environment and resource efficiency — financed through the European Structural and Investment Funds.
Which country is the project located in?
The project is located in LT.
What is the project period?
The project runs from 2016-02-23 to 2023-09-01.
Where can I find the full project record?
The complete project record — beneficiary, location and related funding decisions — is published on Kohesio, the European Commission's open-data platform, under reference Q3779310.