On-site interim storage facility Krümmel (Schleswig-Holstein)

The brief description provides a survey of the project dealing with the storage of spent fuel elements at the nuclear power plant site, as of January 2001 (in German):

Kurzbeschreibung zum Standortzwischenlager am Kernkraftwerk Krümmel, Stand Januar 2001 (PDF, 2 MB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

The on-site interim storage facility applied for on 30 November and licensed on 19 December 2003 was commissioned on 14 November 2006 with the emplacement of the first cask (type CASTOR®V/52). The interim storage facility has been licensed for maximum 40 years.

Before this interim storage facility had been licensed and completed, a so-called temporary storage facility had been operated between 5 August 20024 and 23 November 2006, where fuel elements had been stored until the interim storage facility was commissioned.

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

Genehmigung zur Aufbewahrung von Kernbrennstoffen im Standort-Zwischenlager in Krümmel der Kernkraftwerk Krümmel GmbH & Co. oHG vom 19. Dezember 2003 (PDF, 1 MB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

1. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 16. November 2005, Klarstellung der Nebenbestimmung 6.1 b (PDF, 71 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

2. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 17. Oktober 2007, Einsatz der Prüfvorschrift PV 170 (PDF, 96 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

3. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 09. Juli 2014, Aufrüstung der Krananlage (PDF, 138 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

4. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 18. April 2016, Erweiterung des baulichen Schutzes gegen Störmaßnahmen oder sonstige Einwirkungen Dritter (SEWD) (PDF, 351 KB, accessible)

5. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 04. Juli 2016, Modifikation CASTOR® V/52 (PDF, 450 KB, accessible)

Modifications / amendments currently applied for

• Storage of quivers with special fuel elements in casks of the CASTOR®V/52 type
  

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.