Christian Küppers

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• Decommissioning nuclear power plants

  Recycling of technology metals from the dismantling of nuclear facilities under consideration of radiation protection regulations (RecTecKA) - Subproject: Project coordination together with ecological and radiological assessments

  05/01/2021

  At the Philippsburg site with the two nuclear power plants Philippsburg Unit 1 and Unit 2, decom-missioning and dismantling activities are currently being prepared intensively or are already in pro-gress. At this site, an applied research project is being carried out with the aim of identifying re

• Plant safety

  Safety analysis and risk assessment of an application of Small Modular Reactors

  07/01/2020

  The project gives an overview of currently internationally pursued reactor concepts of so called "small modular reactors" (SMR), a scientific assessment of possible fields of application and a discussion of the associated safety issues and risks.

• Decommissioning nuclear power plants

  Assessment of the safety status of close-border nuclear installations

  06/01/2020

  The UMBW is supported by a technical assessment and evaluation of documents in the technical evaluation of incidents and projects as well as general safety issues concerning close-border nuclear facilities in neighbouring countries.

• Plant safety

  Safety-relevant ageing mechanisms of the reactor pressure vessel by the example of the Beznau 1 nuclear power plant

  05/27/2020

  The Öko-Institut is conducting a literature review on aging mechanisms for reactor pressure vessels in connection with the safety case for the Beznau 1 nuclear power plant.

• Final storage

  Expert services in connection with the site recommendation of BGZ Gesellschaft für Zwischenlagerung mbH for a Konrad central staging facility

  10/17/2019

  On behalf of the BMU, the statement on the derivation of the site recommendation for the "Zentrales Bereitstellungslager Konrad" (ZBL) evaluates the approach selected by the BGZ, the selected requirements for site selection and evaluation, and the derivation of the site recommendation. The assessm

• Radiation protection

  Development of indicators in a catalogue of criteria and implementation of an initial survey to determine the current situation for the evaluation of the national radon action plan.

  08/01/2019

  Radon protection in the Radiation Protection Act has been in force since the end of last year. The law defines a reference value for the radon activity concentration indoors and at workplaces. The law stipulates that the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety,

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  CCQI scores for IFM projects point to substantial integrity risks

  Blog 03/25/2024

  The Carbon Credit Quality Initiative (CCQI) has released new scores for the integrity risks of carbon credits from improved forest management (IFM) projects. We find that unrealistic baselines and underestimated leakage are likely to lead to significant overestimation of emission reductions or removals under all assessed methodologies. The likelihood of additionality depends strongly on the forest management practices that are implemented. The sustainable development benefits are more limited compared to most other project types.

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  Alternative reactor concepts do not solve the repository problem

  Press releases 03/21/2024

  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. "Despite some intensive advertising by manufacturers, we currently see no development that would make the construction of alternative reactor types on a large scale likely in the coming years. On the contrary: "From a safety perspective, we should expect the potential advantages of these reactor concepts to be outweighed by the disadvantages and the questions that remain unresolved," says BASE President Christian Kühn, and emphasises that "The concepts solve neither the need to find a repository for radioactive waste nor the pressing issues of climate protection."