Completion of Units 3 and 4 of the Mochovce NPP

As part of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the completion of reactors 3 and 4 of the Mochovce nuclear power plant, the Austrian Ecology Institute was entrusted together with the consultants Helmut Hirsch and Oda Becker of the Federal Environment Agency — on behalf of the Ministry of Life — to draw up a technical opinion on the Environmental Impact Statement (UVE). This expert opinion contains, inter alia, a list of 13 issues that need clarification in order to be able to assess possible cross-border environmental impacts. A public hearing was held in Vienna on 25 October 2009 as part of the cross-border EIA. Bilateral consultations followed on 24 and 25 November 2009. The Austrian delegation led by the Ministry of Life included the authors of this statement and representatives of the Federal Environment Agency and the Federal States of Vienna, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Styria and Salzburg. Representatives of the Nuclear Regulatory Authority (ÚJD) and the Consensus Adviser, Slovenské electrárne a.s. (SE), supported by Technical Consuls (VUJE), participated on the Slovak side under the direction of the Ministry of Environment (MZP).