Board of SÚRAO

Board of SÚRAO is an important official component of the Radioactive Waste Repository Authority the responsibilities of which are set out in the Atomic Act. The Board primarily supervises the cost-effectiveness and purpose of expenses incurred by the Authority. Board members are appointed by the Minister of Industry and Trade usually for a five-year term. The membership of the Board comprises representatives of the state administration, major radioactive waste producers and the public. One representative of the public is appointed jointly by both Chambers of Parliament whilst the others represent those municipalities in which operating radioactive waste repositories are located.

Board Membership

Representatives of the State:

• Mr. Pavel Gebauer (Chairman of the Board)
  Director of Section of Energy
  at the Ministry of Industry and Trade
• Ms Zdeňka Vojtíšková
  Department of Transport, Industry and Regional Development
  at the Ministry of Finance
• Mr. Martin Holý
  Director of the Rock and Soil Environmental Protection Department
  at the Ministry of the Environment

Representatives of the public:

• Mr. Bronislav Grulich
  Chairman of the Jáchymov town council; represents communities in regions with existing radioactive waste repositories
• Mr. Vítězslav Jonáš
  Senator, member of the Dukovany local council; represents communities in regions with existing radioactive waste repositories
• Mr. Pavel Gryndler
  Ecologist and Head of the Environment Department of the Litoměřice town council; represents communities in regions with existing radioactive waste repositories
• Mr. Jan Horník
  Senator, Vice-Chairman of the Senate Committee on Regional Development, Public Administration and the Environment and Chairman of the Boží Dar local council; represents the general public

Representatives of radioactive waste producers:

• Mr. Ladislav Štěpánek (Vice-Chairman of the Board)
  Director of the Production Division at ČEZ (the Czech Republic’s main electricity producer); represents radioactive waste producers in the nuclear power sector
• Mr. Vladimír Hlavinka
  Advisor to CEO at ČEZ; represents radioactive waste producers in the nuclear power sector
• Mr. Štěpán Svoboda
  Head of the Research and Development Centre at Chemcomex Praha; represents radioactive waste producers outside the nuclear power sector
• Mr. Aleš John
  Director General of the Nuclear Research Institute, Řež; represents radioactive waste producers outside the nuclear power sector