Information on the Brokdorf site (Schleswig-Holstein)

You will find a survey of the project dealing with the storage of spent fuel elements at the nuclear power plant site in this brief description (in German):

Kurzbeschreibung zum Standortzwischenlager am Kernkraftwerk Brokdorf, Stand November 2000 (PDF, 689 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

The on-site interim storage facility applied for on 20 December 1999 and licensed on 28 November 2003 was commissioned on 5 March 2007 with the emplacement of the first cask (type CASTOR®V/19). The interim storage facility has been licensed for maximum 40 years.

Previously granted licences on the on-site interim storage facility (in German)

Genehmigung zur Aufbewahrung von Kernbrennstoffen im Standort-Zwischenlager in Brokdorf der Kernkraftwerk Brokdorf GmbH & Co. oHG und der E.ON Kernkraft GmbH vom 28. November 2003 (PDF, 989 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

1. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 24. Mai 2007, Einsatz der Prüfvorschrift PV 170 (PDF, 98 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

2. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 19. Juli 2012, Aufrüstung der Krananlage (PDF, 199 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

3. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 29. August 2012, Modifikation CASTOR® V/19, Inventar (PDF, 297 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

Modifications / amendments currently applied for

• Use of the transport and storage cask TN 24 E [pilot procedure]
• Extension of the protection from disruptive actions or other third-party intervention (SEWD)
• Storage of quivers with special fuel elements in casks of the CASTOR®V/19 type
• Additional loading variants for the transport and storage casks CASTOR®V/19

Licensing authority

Since 30 July 2016, the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BfE) is the licensing authority for interim storage facilities for nuclear fuels. It has taken over this task from the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) that had been responsible until then.