Nuclear Power Profile of Germany

Technical Meeting on CNPP, Vienna, 10 – 13 May 2016

Dr. Claudia Link

Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Salzgitter

Content

• Electricity Production

• Nuclear Power Plants in Operation

• Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants

• Waste Management

• Remark on CNPP Structure

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400

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2000 2005 2010 2015

TWh

total

fossil

nuclear

hydro

wind

others

Gross Electricity Production

* preliminary data

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Lignite24,8

Hard Coal18,9Nuclear

15,5

Gas9,7

Oil0,9

Renewables25,9

Others4,3

Electricity Production in 2014 *

* preliminary data

German Nuclear Power Plants before Fukushima

Biblis 1225 / 1300

Krümmel 1402

Brunsbüttel 806

Brokdorf 1480

Unterweser 1410

Emsland

1400

Grohnde 1430

Grafenrheinfeld 1345

Philippsburg 926 / 1458 Neckarwestheim

840 / 1400

Gundremmingen 1344 / 1344

Isar 912 / 1485

BWR

PWR

BWR PWR

PWR

PWR

PWR PWR PWR

BWR PWR

PWR PWR

BWR BWR

BWR PWR

gross capacity: 21,507 MWe

17 Nuclear Power Plants

• 11 PWR

• 6 BWR BWR

PWR

German Nuclear Power Plants Today

Brokdorf 1480

Emsland

1406

Grohnde 1430

Philippsburg 1458 Neckarwestheim

1400

Gundremmingen 1344 / 1344

Isar 1485

PWR

PWR

PWR

PWR

PWR

PWR

BWR BWR

gross capacity: 11,357 MWe

8 Nuclear Power Plants

• 6 PWR

• 2 BWR BWR

PWR

Phase-Out Nuclear Energy

• March 2011 Nuclear accident at Fukushima, Japan

• August 2011 Limited operating times

• 8 NPPs shut down on 6 August 2011

(Biblis A, Biblis B, Brunsbüttel, Isar 1, Krümmel,

Neckarwestheim 1, Philippsburg 1, Unterweser)

• 9 NPPs stepwise shut down

2015 Grafenrheinfeld

2017 Gundremmingen B

2019 Philippsburg 2

2021 Grohnde, Gundremmingen C and Brokdorf

2022 Isar 2, Emsland and Neckarwestheim 2

28 NPP shut down

Decommissioning of Reactors

Greifswald each 440

PWR PWR PWR PWR PWR

BWR

PWR SNR

HTR

HTR

Rheinsberg

70 Stade 672 Lingen

252

Würgassen 670

THTR 308

AVR 15

Mülheim-Kärlich 1302

Großwelzheim 25

Niederaichbach 106

MZFR 57

KNK II 21

BWR

PWR

BWR

Kahl 16

Obrigheim 357

PWR

PWR

PWR

PTR

Grundremmingen 250

SSR

BWR

BWR

BWR

Krümmel 1402 672

Brunsbüttel 806

672

PWR

Unterweser 1410 672

PWR PWR Biblis 1225 / 1300

BWR Philippsburg

926

PWR Neckarwestheim 840

BWR

Isar 912

PWR

Grafenrheinfeld 1345

28 NPP shut down

3 NPP completely dismantled

Decommissioning of Reactors

Greifswald each 440

PWR PWR PWR PWR PWR

BWR

PWR SNR

HTR

HTR

Rheinsberg

70 Stade 672 Lingen

252

Würgassen 670

THTR 308

AVR 15

Mülheim-Kärlich 1302

Niederaichbach 106

MZFR 57

KNK II 21

BWR

PWR

Kahl 16

Obrigheim 357

PWR

PWR

PWR

PTR

Grundremmingen 250

BWR

Krümmel 1402 672

Brunsbüttel 806

672

Unterweser 1410 672

Biblis 1225 / 1300

Philippsburg 926

Neckarwestheim 840

Isar 912

Grafenrheinfeld 1345

BWR

BWR

PWR

PWR PWR

PWR

PWR

BWR

BWR

BWR

Großwelzheim 25 SSR

28 NPP shut down

3 NPP completely dismantled

16 NPP under decommissioning

- 1 NPP in safe enclosure

- 15 NPP planned "green field"

Decommissioning of Reactors

Greifswald each 440

PWR PWR PWR PWR PWR

BWR

PWR SNR

HTR

HTR

Rheinsberg

70 Stade 672 Lingen

252

Würgassen 670

THTR 308

AVR 15

Mülheim-Kärlich 1302

Großwelzheim 25

Niederaichbach 106

MZFR 57

KNK II 21

BWR

PWR

Kahl 16

Obrigheim 357

PWR

PWR

PWR

PTR

Grundremmingen 250

SSR

BWR

Krümmel 1402 672

Brunsbüttel 806

672

Unterweser 1410 672

Biblis 1225 / 1300

Philippsburg 926

Neckarwestheim 840

Isar 912

Grafenrheinfeld 1345

BWR

BWR

PWR

PWR PWR

PWR

PWR

BWR

BWR

BWR

28 NPP shut down

3 NPP completely dismantled

16 NPP under decommissioning

- 1 NPP in safe enclosure

- 15 NPP planned "green field"

Decommissioning of Reactors

Greifswald each 440

PWR PWR PWR PWR PWR

BWR

PWR SNR

HTR

HTR

Rheinsberg

70 Stade 672 Lingen

252

Würgassen 670

THTR 308

AVR 15

Mülheim-Kärlich 1302

Großwelzheim 25

Niederaichbach 106

MZFR 57

KNK II 21

BWR

PWR

Kahl 16

Obrigheim 357

PWR

PWR

PWR

PTR

Grundremmingen 250

SSR

BWR

Krümmel 1402 672

Brunsbüttel 806

672

Unterweser 1410 672

Biblis 1225 / 1300

Philippsburg 926

Neckarwestheim 840

Isar 912

Grafenrheinfeld 1345

BWR

BWR

PWR

PWR PWR

PWR

PWR

BWR

BWR

BWR

9 NPP shut down after Fukushima

applied for decommissioning licence

Gorleben

Morsleben

Asse Konrad

Waste Management

Konrad

- negligible heat generation

- construction in progress

Gorleben

- exploration work stopped in 2013

Morsleben

- low- and intermediate level

- closure in preparation

Asse

- low- and intermediate level, research

- closure concept: retrieval

Spent Fuel Management

Repository Site Selection Act of July 2013

science-based, transparent procedure for the best

possible repository

• Entire country without preconditions

• Location best suitable regarding safety

Stages:

• Identification of eligible site regions

• Exploration from the surface

• Best suitable locations explored underground

• Site decision by 2031

Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel

Biblis

Rubenow/

Greifswald Krümmel

Brunsbüttel

Brokdorf

Unterweser

Lingen

Grohnde

Ahaus

Grafenrheinfeld

Philippsburg

Neckarwestheim

Gundremmingen

Isar

Gorleben

Obrigheim

3 Central interim storage facilities

13 On-site interim storage facilities

- 12 in operation

- 1 under licensing

Remark on CNPP Structure

Definition of Compound Annual Growth Rate [%]

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