Information about the Grafenrheinfeld site (Bavaria)

In this brief description you will find a survey of the project dealing with the storage of spent fuel elements at the nuclear power plant site, as of February 2001 (in German):

Kurzbeschreibung zum Standortzwischenlager am Kernkraftwerk Grafenrheinfeld, Stand Februar 2001 (PDF, 6 MB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

The on-site interim storage facility applied for on 23 February 2000 and licensed on 12 February 2003 was commissioned on 27 February 2006 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 Grafenrheinfeld der E.ON Kernkraft GmbH vom 12. Februar 2003 (PDF, 728 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

1. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 31.07.2007, Einsatz der Prüfvorschrift PV 170 (PDF, 100 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

2. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 06. Oktober 2011, Aufrüstung der Krananlagen (PDF, 158 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

3. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 03. November 2011, Modifikation CASTOR® V/19, Inventar (PDF, 297 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

Modifications / amendments currently applied for

• 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.