Information on the Biblis site (Hesse)

The brief description provides you with a survey of the project dealing with the storage of spent fuel elements at the nuclear power plant site, as of December 2000 (in German):

Kurzbeschreibung zum Standortzwischenlager am Kernkraftwerk Biblis, Stand Dezember 2000 (PDF, 2 MB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

The on-site interim storage facility applied for on 23 December 1999 and licensed 22 September 2003 was commissioned on 18 May 2006 with the emplacement of the first cask (type CASTOR®V/19). 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 7 March 2002 and 12 September 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 Biblis der RWE Power AG und der RWE Rheinbraun AG vom 22. September 2003 (PDF, 800 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

1. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 20. Oktober 2005, Erneuerung der Zaundetektion (PDF, 60 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

1. Ergänzung der Genehmigung vom 20. März 2006, Steuerelemente (PDF, 111 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

2. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 27. März 2006, Einsatz der Prüfvorschrift PV 170 GNB (PDF, 94 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

3. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 16. Juni 2014, Gemischte Lagerung (PDF, 179 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

4. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 22. Juli 2014, Erweiterung des baulichen Schutzes gegen SEWD (PDF, 165 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

5. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 22 September 2015, Modifikation CASTOR® V/19 (PDF, 295 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

6. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 7. April 2016, Aufrüstung der Krananlagen (PDF, 318 KB, accessible)

Modifications / amendments currently applied for

• Storage of quivers with special fuel elements in casks of the CASTOR®V/19 type (pilot process)

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.