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State and Development of Nuclear Energy Utilization in the Federal Republic of Germany 2014 State and Development of Nuclear Energy Utilization in the Federal Republic of Germany 2014 Department of Nuclear Safety Ines Bredberg Johann Hutter Kerstin Kühn Katarzyna Niedzwiedz Frank Philippczyk Achim Thömmes BfS-SK-26/15 Bitte beziehen Sie sich beim Zitieren dieses Dokuments immer auf folgende URN: urn:nbn:de:0221-2015061712777 Zur Beachtung: BfS-Berichte und BfS-Schriften können von den Internetseiten des Bundesamtes für Strahlenschutz unter http://www.bfs.de kostenlos als Volltexte heruntergeladen werden. Salzgitter, Juni 2015 State and Development of Nuclear Energy Utilization in the Federal Republic of Germany 2014 Department of Nuclear Safety Ines Bredberg Johann Hutter Kerstin Kühn Katarzyna Niedzwiedz Frank Philippczyk Achim Thömmes CONTENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .............................................................................................................................. 6 1 ELECTRIC ENERGY PRODUCTION IN GERMANY ............................................. 10 1.1 GENERAL .......................................................................................................................................... 10 1.2 THE RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES ACT ................................................................................. 11 1.3 PHASE-OUT OF ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION FROM NUCLEAR ENERGY ................................ 11 1.3.1 Consequences of the reactor accident in Fukushima ......................................................................... 11 1.3.2 Current nuclear legislation in Germany .............................................................................................. 12 1.3.3 Electricity volumes generated in Germany ......................................................................................... 12 1.3.4 Tasks of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) ................................................................. 13 2 NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IN GERMANY ......................................................... 15 2.1 NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IN OPERATION ................................................................................. 17 2.1.1 Availabilities and reportable events .................................................................................................... 17 2.1.2 Plant and licensing status ................................................................................................................... 17 2.2 NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS FINALLY SHUT DOWN ..................................................................... 19 2.3 NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS UNDER DECOMMISSIONING .......................................................... 21 2.4 NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS RELEASED FROM REGULATORY CONTROL ............................... 25 2.5 STOPPED NUCLEAR POWER PLANT PROJECTS ........................................................................ 25 3 RESEARCH REACTORS ....................................................................................... 26 3.1 RESEARCH REACTORS IN OPERATION ....................................................................................... 26 3.2 RESEARCH REACTORS FINALLY SHUT DOWN ........................................................................... 27 3.3 RESEARCH REACTORS UNDER DECOMMISSIONING ................................................................ 29 3.4 RESEARCH REACTORS RELEASED FROM REGULATORY CONTROL ..................................... 31 4 PLANTS OF NUCLEAR FUEL SUPPLY AND WASTE MANAGEMENT .............. 33 4.1 URANIUM ENRICHMENT PLANTS .................................................................................................. 33 4.2 FUEL ELEMENT FABRICATION PLANTS ....................................................................................... 33 4.3 STORAGE OF SPENT FUEL ELEMENTS ........................................................................................ 35 4.3.1 Storage in nuclear power plants ......................................................................................................... 35 4.3.2 Storage in decentralised on-site interim storage facilities .................................................................. 35 3 4.3.3 Storage in central interim storage facilities ......................................................................................... 38 4.4 INTERIM STORAGE OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE AND NUCLEAR FUELS .................................... 40 4.4.1 Interim storage of radioactive waste ................................................................................................... 40 4.4.2 Government custody of nuclear fuels ................................................................................................. 41 4.5 REPROCESSING OF NUCLEAR FUELS ......................................................................................... 41 4.6 CONDITIONING OF FUEL ELEMENTS ............................................................................................ 43 4.7 DISPOSAL .......................................................................................................................................... 43 4.7.1 Responsibilities regarding disposal .................................................................................................... 43 4.7.2 Repository and decommissioning projects ......................................................................................... 44 ANNEXES - SURVEY ............................................................................................................................................ 50 ANNEX I – NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS .................................................................................................................. 51 ANNEX II – RESEARCH REACTORS ....................................................................................................................... 61 ANNEX III – PLANTS OF NUCLEAR FUEL SUPPLY AND WASTE MANAGEMENT ......................................................... 70 4 SUMMARY This report describes the use of nuclear energy in the Federal Republic of Germany as at 31 December 2014. It contains the essential data of all nuclear power plants, research reactors and the facilities of the nu- clear fuel cycle. At the reporting date 31 December 2014, nine nuclear power plants were in operation. The power generation from nuclear energy in 2014 amounted to altogether 97.1 TWh (2013: 97.3 TWh). This is a share of 15.8% of the total gross electricity production (2013: 15.4%)1. The report summarises the essential operational results of the nuclear power plants and information on granted licences. A short description of the present state of the nuclear power plants that have been shut down or decommissioned and of the stopped projects is given. Concerning research reactors essential data on type, characteristics (thermal power, thermal neutron flux) and purpose of the facility are represented. Furthermore, an overview is given of the licensing and operation history and the present state of the operat- ing condition. For the facilities of the nuclear fuel cycle data on purpose and capacity and output are given. Furthermore, the licensing history and the present status of operation and licensing are represented. The works on the running repository projects ERAM and Konrad and on the Asse II mine and the Gorleben mine are presented. To give a survey, the data is summarised in tabular form at the end of in the report (An- nexes). The report is updated and published once a year. 1 Preliminary estimated values as of March 2015, source: BDEW 5 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ADIBKA Burn-up measurement of differential fuel elements with critical assembly AGEB Energy Balances Working Group AGO Formerly: Comparison of Options Working Group, now: Working Group Options-Retrieval AKR-2 Training reactor Technische Universität Dresden ANEX Facility for homopolar power experiments ANF (AREVA) Advanced Nuclear Fuels GmbH, French industrial company, main line of business: nuclear tech- nology AtG Atomic Energy Act AtVfV Nuclear Licensing Procedure Ordinance AVR Jülich Experimental NPP A2 B ASSE II consultation group BB Brandenburg BBergG Federal Mining Law BDEW Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft e.V., Federal Association of Energy and Wa- ter Economy e.V. BE Berlin BER II Berlin Experimental Reactor Unit II BfS Federal Office for Radiation Protection BGR Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources BLG Gorleben Fuel Element Storage Facility BMBF Federal Ministry of Education and Research BMFT Federal Ministry of Research and Technology BMU Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (renamed to BMUB on 17.12.2013) BMUB Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (previously BMU) BMWi Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy BNFL British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. Bq Becquerel BVerfG Federal Constitutional Court BVerwG Federal Administrative Court BW Baden-Württemberg BWE Bundesverband WindEnergie e.V., German Wind Energy Association BY Bavaria BZA Ahaus Interim Storage Facility for Spent Fuel Elements CASTOR® Cask for Storage and Transport of Radioactive material CEA Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives CLAB Centralt mellanlager för använt bränsle, Central interim storage facility for spent fuel elements in Sweden COGEMA Compagnie Générale des Matières Nucléaires, AREVA-Group CSD-C Colis Standard de Déchets Compactés DBE German Company for the Construction and Operation of Waste Repositories DBG Permanent operating licence
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