Application procedure and assessment The written licence application is submitted to the licensing authority of the Land in which the nuclear installation is located. Along with the application, the a
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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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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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The BASE's Incident Registration Centre The Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE) is the central federal authority responsible for dealing with reportable events at power pl
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Reportable events and information notices The Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH is commissioned by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservati
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Off-site emergency management Organisation and responsibilities Germany has a federal system and therefore in the event of an emergency, the authorities and organisations at the various governmental l
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Quality management / exercises In order to successfully implement the protective measures to be taken in the event of an accident, the personnel involved at all levels of crisis management must be ade
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German-Swiss Commission (DSK) The DSK was established by the Agreement Between the Government of the Swiss Confederation and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany Concerning the Exchange o
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