Licensing procedure (Section 7 of the Atomic Energy Act) Since 2002, no further licences have been issued for commercial nuclear power plants. Essential modifications to existing nuclear power plants
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Federal and Land functions – an overview The federal and Land authorities perform different functions, reflecting their specific powers, responsibilities and obligations: Function Federation Länder Re
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Authorised experts In performing their nuclear licensing and supervisory activities, the competent authorities may consult technical safety organisations or individual authorised experts; this is stan
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Advisory committees The Reactor Safety Commission (RSK), the German Commission on Radiological Protection (SSK) and the Nuclear Waste Management Commission (ESK) advise the Federal Ministry for the En
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Cooperation between the Federation and the Länder The Länder Committee for Nuclear Energy (LAA) and its sub-committees play a key role in the cooperation between the Federation and the Länder . Set up
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Stakeholders The Länder , as the competent licensing and supervisory authorities, implement the nuclear energy legislation on behalf of the Federation; this is known as execution by the Länder on fede
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Recommendations and other regulations Recommendations by the RSK, ESK and SSK; RSK Guidelines On important issues concerning nuclear licensing and supervision procedures, the development of regulation
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Ordinances The German Atomic Energy Act authorises the adoption of ordinances in order to determine the specifics of the various items of legislation. These ordinances are issued by the relevant feder
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National Action Plan The European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG) agreed on an Action Plan to follow up the implementation of the peer review recommendations at the European level. As a key e
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German Atomic Energy Act (Atomgesetz) The German Atomic Energy Act (Atomgesetz – AtG) was promulgated on 23 December 1959 after the Federal Republic of Germany had officially renounced any use of nucl
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