Sogin and Arma dei Carabinieri have signed an important memorandum of understanding on security. The Protocol is aimed at "collaborating in the recovery, management and safety of radioactive and conventional waste and orphan radioactive sources" specifies a statement from Sogin. The agreement was signed in the presence of the Undersecretary for the Environment and Energy Security, Claudio Barbaro, the Commissioner of Sogin, Prefect Fiamma Spena and the Commander of the Carabinieri for Environmental Protection and Ecological Transition, Gen. B. Valerio Giardina.
Sogin-Carabinieri: what the memorandum of understanding provides
The Protocol provides for the organization of reciprocal training activities in sectors of common interest and collaboration in the development of analysis activities, and possible updating, of the procedures concerning the management of radioactive and conventional waste, as well as of the excavated earth and rocks produced in the works decommissioning of nuclear sites.
The agreement is in line with the circular economy strategy that Sogin has always adopted to minimize the waste produced and maximize the volume of materials to be recovered. A strategy that develops on four drivers: recycling of the dismantled materials; efficiency energy consumption; reuse of structures and components during the decommissioning works; reduction of the environmental impact in each phase of the works. The dismantling of Italian nuclear plants will make it possible to recover over one million tons of material, 89% of the structures, systems and components that will be dismantled.
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"In the spirit of collaboration between the structures of the State, this Memorandum of Understanding, pooling experiences, skills, resources and energies - he declared Claudius Barbaro, Undersecretary for the Environment and Energy Security - has the ultimate aim of strengthening the country's ability to implement energy change and the transition towards a greener world and make the results more effective, specifically in the management of radioactive waste, their storage and decommissioning of nuclear infrastructure”.
“We are proud – he commented Extinguished flamea, Commissioner of Sogin - of this collaboration with the Command for Environmental Protection and Ecological Transition of the Carabinieri, which confirms the value of the Company's skills and its daily commitment to guarantee the safety of citizens and the protection of the environment in the dismantling of nuclear plants and in the management of waste, both radioactive and conventional”.
“The Protocol signed – he said Valerio Giardina, Commander of the Carabinieri Environmental Protection and Ecological Transition - follows the decisions taken by the Government within the Support Decree, approved last June 15, in which context the specialized units of the Carabinieri Command Environmental Protection and Ecological Transition, in line with the directives of the Commander General Teo Luzi in matters of environmental protection and protection of citizens' health, will work with renewed enthusiasm and spirit of loyal collaboration with Prefect Spena to support the dismantling of Italian nuclear plants, the management of radioactive waste and the creation of the national repository ”.
