Nuclear Engineering & Facility Safety

Judith Krohn

Head of Facility Safety Subdivision / Senior Researcher

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Judith Krohn

Nuclear Engineering & Facility Safety
Head of Facility Safety Subdivision / Senior Researcher
Darmstadt
Oeko-Institut Consult GmbH
+49 6151 8191-160
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International nuclear policy

Development of an assessment methodology and interdisciplinary analysis of the nuclear value chain with regard to sustainability

04/01/2026

Assessing the sustainability of nuclear energy poses a particular methodological challenge because nuclear technologies have impacts that occur across highly diverse temporal and spatial scales and also vary significantly in terms of their probabilities and institutional prerequisites. This leads t
Artificial intelligence and software

Methods for artificial intelligence-based forecasting of natural external impacts on final repositories during the operational phase

01/01/2026

During the operational phase of a final repository, both underground facilities and aboveground structures with safety-related significance must be protected against external influences (EVA) (BGE 2021). A distinction is made between natural and anthropogenic external events (EVA), although this pr
Final storage

Options for marking a geological repository in the Federal Republic of Germany

12/01/2025

The safe disposal of high-level radioactive waste is an essential and complex technical, social, and communicative challenge. A key element here is the question of how geological repositories can be marked over tens of thousands of years in such a way that future generations are warned of the dange
Plant safety

Monitoring and safety assessment of developments in the use of nuclear process heat for hydrogen production

08/01/2025

As part of the decarbonization of industrial processes and the mobility and transport sectors, hydrogen is emerging as an increasingly important climate-friendly energy source. Some countries are exploring the use of nuclear process heat for hydrogen production, particularly in high-temperature rea
Final storage

Expert advice to the district of Emsland on the results of the interim report on sub-areas, on the current status of the site selection procedure and on the method of excluding areas within the representative preliminary safety analyses in the site selection procedure for a repository

08/01/2024

In an initial expert consulting project for the district of Emsland, the Oeko-Institut primarily examined the plausibility of the BGE's assessment of the Wahn, Lathen and Börger salt domes and then supported the district in preparing a statement for the project developer and in formulating an appli
Final storage

Support with the preparation of the environmental report as part of the Strategic Environmental Assessment of the National Waste Management Program 2025

05/17/2024

The National Waste Management Program (NaPro) is to undergo a Strategic Environmental Assessment in 2025. In preparation, we are drawing up an explanatory document in consultation with the Federal Ministry to define the scope of the assessment, which will serve as a basis for discussion and comment

Judith Krohn

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Recent projects

Development of an assessment methodology and interdisciplinary analysis of the nuclear value chain with regard to sustainability

Methods for artificial intelligence-based forecasting of natural external impacts on final repositories during the operational phase

Options for marking a geological repository in the Federal Republic of Germany

Monitoring and safety assessment of developments in the use of nuclear process heat for hydrogen production

Expert advice to the district of Emsland on the results of the interim report on sub-areas, on the current status of the site selection procedure and on the method of excluding areas within the representative preliminary safety analyses in the site selection procedure for a repository

Support with the preparation of the environmental report as part of the Strategic Environmental Assessment of the National Waste Management Program 2025

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Recent projects

Development of an assessment methodology and interdisciplinary analysis of the nuclear value chain with regard to sustainability

Methods for artificial intelligence-based forecasting of natural external impacts on final repositories during the operational phase

Options for marking a geological repository in the Federal Republic of Germany

Monitoring and safety assessment of developments in the use of nuclear process heat for hydrogen production

Expert advice to the district of Emsland on the results of the interim report on sub-areas, on the current status of the site selection procedure and on the method of excluding areas within the representative preliminary safety analyses in the site selection procedure for a repository

Support with the preparation of the environmental report as part of the Strategic Environmental Assessment of the National Waste Management Program 2025

Recent publications

The potential of AI in dealing with geodata

Potentials and challenges of applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) in geosciences for the search of a repository forhigh-level waste in Germany

Co-design of an implementation concept for a deep geothermal energy project at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Lifetime extension of ageing nuclear power plants: Entering a new era of risk

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Emissions and costs of hydrogen products derived from natural gas: The new Low-Carbon Business Opportunity Analyser

What actually makes lead-acid battery recycling clean