Information about the Unterweser/Stadland site (Lower Saxony)

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 Unterweser, Stand Januar 2001 (PDF, 580 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

The on-site interim storage facility applied for on 20 December 1999 and licensed on 22 September 2003 was commissioned on 18 June 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 Rodenkirchen der E.ON Kernkraft GmbH vom 22. September 2003 (PDF, 582 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

1. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 27. Mai 2008, Einsatz der Prüfvorschrift PV 170 (PDF, 96 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

2. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 5. Januar 2012, Aufrüstung der Krananlage (PDF, 173 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

3. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 18. Dezember 2012, Modifikation CASTOR V/19, Inventar (PDF, 272 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

4. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 11. August 2016, Erweiterung des baulichen Schutzes gegen Störmaßnahmen oder sonstige Einwirkungen Dritter (SEWD) (PDF, 333 KB, accessible)

Modifications / amendments currently applied for

• 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.