Chronology of the El Cabril facility

Chronology of the El Cabril facility

1985

Initiation of the El Cabril project.

1986

Determination of the attributes of the site.

1987

Basic engineering activities.

1988

Request for the Construction and Start-up Permit, including the Environmental Impact Study.

1989

Development of detailed engineering.

Request for the Municipal Works Licence to the Town Council of Hornachuelos.

Issuing of a favourable report by the Nuclear Safety Council.

Issuing of the Environmental Impact Statement by the Directorate General for the Environment.

Publication of the Construction Permit in the Official State Gazette.

Issuing of a favourable report on the Municipal Licence by the Provincial Commission for Town Planning of Córdoba.

Granting of the Municipal Licence by the Town Council of Hornachuelos.

1990

Initiation of construction works on the new installations.

1991

Development and continuation of the civil works and initiation of the electrical and mechanical assembly of different operating systems.

Request for Approval of the Pre-operational Testing Programme.

1992

Completion of systems assembly and testing.

Granting to Enresa, by Ministerial Order, of the Provisional Operating Permit for El Cabril for a period of four years.

1996

Granting to Enresa, by Ministerial Order, of an extension to the Provisional Operating Permit for El Cabril for a period of five years.

1997

Granting to Enresa of ISO-14001 Certification for the Environmental Management System by AENOR.

2000

Renewal for Enresa of ISO-14001 Certification for the Environmental Management System by AENOR.

2001

Awarding of the audited company certificate with a favourable report on the Occupational Risk Prevention System.

Authorisation, by Ministerial Order, for operation by Enresa of the El Cabril centralised low and intermediate level radioactive waste disposal facility up to saturation of the storage capacity of its platforms.

Chronology of the project for the El Cabril complementary facility for very low level wastes

2000

The Directorate General for Energy Policy and Mines requests Enresa to draw up a study on a possible storage facility for very low level wastes.

2001

Enresa submits to the Directorate General for Energy Policy and Mines and to the Nuclear Safety Council the options available for the design of a complementary facility for very low level wastes at El Cabril.

2002

Enresa requests a works licence for the construction of the complementary facility from the Town Council of Hornachuelos.

2003

The Town Council of Hornachuelos grants the works licence for the construction of the complementary facility.

Enresa begins those works that do not require authorisation for performance.

Enresa submits to the Directorate General for Energy Policy and Mines a request for authorisation for execution and assembly.

Enresa submits the consultation document on Environmental Impact arrangements to the Ministry of the Environment.

2004

Enresa initiates the construction of the facility Technology Building.

2005

The Ministry of the Environment issues the Environmental Impact Statement.

2006

The Directorate General for Energy Policy and Mines authorises Enresa to begin the construction and assembly of the first specific disposal structure for very low level wastes.

2007

Construction of the first disposal structure is completed.

2008

The Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade grants Enresa authorisation for the start-up of the complementary facility, following a favourable report by the Nuclear Safety Council.

October 1st 2008

Enresa initiates the disposal of very low level wastes at the El Cabril complementary facility.