BASE in Vienna: IAEA General Conference and World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2024 Kategorie: Nuclear safety |Date: 2024.09.12

The 68th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will take place in Vienna from 16 to 20 September. Delegations from all IAEA member states meet at the General Conference to discuss issues of nuclear safety, nuclear security and non-proliferation.

New BASE Vice President Sybille Schultz-Hüskes in Office Kategorie: BASE |Date: 2024.09.02

Sybille Schultz-Hüskes assumed her duties today as the new Vice President of the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE). One of the key responsibilities of the 53-year-old lawyer in her capacity as Vice President will be to act as a permanent representative for President Christian Kühn.

Gundremmingen interim storage facility - Court reaffirms lawfulness of licence Kategorie: Interim storage facilities |Date: 2024.04.12

The Bavarian Administrative Court rejected a complaint filed by five residents against the Gundremmingen interim storage facility. According to the court, the storage of nuclear fuel is safe for the licensed storage period.

One year of nuclear phase-out: many tasks remain for nuclear waste disposal Kategorie: Nuclear safety |Date: 2024.04.11

With the shutdown of the last three remaining nuclear power plants Isar 2, Emsland and Neckarwestheim 2 on April 15, 2023, the commercial use of nuclear energy in Germany ended. An estimated 27,000 cubic meters of highly radioactive waste remains after decades of nuclear energy use. A final storage facility must now be found.

BASE study: Alternative reactor concepts do not solve the repository problem Kategorie: Nuclear safety |Date: 2024.03.21

A new scientific study commissioned by the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE) indicates that the market launch of alternative reactor concepts (also known as "Generation IV") is currently not on the horizon.

New BASE President Christian Kühn in office Kategorie: BASE |Date: 2024.02.15

Christian Kühn took office today as the new President of the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE). Kühn was welcomed by the 450 BASE employees both at the headquarters in Berlin-Charlottenburg as well as online at the Salzgitter, Cologne and Bonn sites, and gave an initial outlook on his future work.

BASE President enters retirement Kategorie: Site Selection |Date: 2024.01.31

The President of the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE), Wolfram König, will be retiring today, 31 January 2024. Wolfram König was the first President to be appointed to the Federal Office on 1 August 2016.

BASE expert opinion on Small Modular Reactors (SMR): Doubts and a plethora of unanswered questions Kategorie: Research |Date: 2023.12.06

How could small modular nuclear power plants (SMRs) be deployed, and what are the safety risks associated with them? The Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE) had commissioned an expert opinion on these questions.

Making nuclear waste disposal safe - second BASE research symposium Kategorie: Research |Date: 2023.09.15

Around 300 participants from 15 nations engaged in a lively international exchange on the state of nuclear waste management at the safeND research symposium. The focus was on the latest scientific work regarding the interim and final storage of radioactive waste.

International Symposium on Nuclear Waste Management Research Kategorie: Research |Date: 2023.09.05

There is no final repository for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants ready for operation anywhere in the world. At the same time, more and more such waste is being produced. The Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE) conducts research on the safe handling and storage of radioactive waste in the present and the future. To promote scientific exchange in this field, BASE will host the second international and interdisciplinary forum on the topic of safe radioactive waste disposal.