Information on the Isar/Ohu site (Bavaria)

You will find a survey on the storage of spent fuel elements at the nuclear power plant site in the brief description on the on-site interim storage facility at the Isar NPP, as in February 2001 (in German):

Kurzbeschreibung zum Standortzwischenlager am Kernkraftwerk Isar, Stand Februar 2001 (PDF, 9 MB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

The on-site interim storage facility which was applied for on 23 February 2000 and licensed on 22 September 2003 was taken into operation on 12 March 2007 with the emplacement of the first cask (CASTOR® V/19 and V/52 type). The interim storage facility is licensed for maximum 40 years.

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

Genehmigung zur Aufbewahrung von Kernbrennstoffen im Standort-Zwischenlager in Niederaichbach der E.ON Kernkraft GmbH und der E.ON Bayern AG vom 22. September 2003 (PDF, 814 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

1. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 11. Januar 2007, Einsatz der Prüfvorschrift PV 170 für CASTOR V/19 (PDF, 100 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

2. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 29. Februar 2008, Einsatz der Prüfvorschrift PV 170 für CASTOR V/52 (PDF, 101 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

3. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 16. November 2011, Aufrüstung der Krananlagen (PDF, 158 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

4. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 7. Februar 2012, Modifikation CASTOR V/19 (PDF, 298 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

5. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 20. Juni 2016, Erweiterung des baulichen Schutzes gegen Störmaßnahmen oder sonstige Einwirkungen Dritter (SEWD) (PDF, 342 KB, accessible)

6. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 28. Juli 2016, Verwendung des Transport- und Lagerbehälters TN 24 E (PDF, 541 KB, accessible)

Modifications / supplements currently applied for

• Use of the transport and storage cask CASTOR® V/52 (modification, inventory)
• Storage of quivers with special fuel elements in casks of the CASTOR® V/19 type
• Additional loading variants for the transport and storage cask 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.