On-site interim storage facility Philippsburg (Baden-Württemberg)

You will find a survey of the project dealing with the storage of spent fuel elements at the nuclear power plant site in this brief description (in German): brief description

The on-site interim storage facility applied for on 20 December 1999 and licensed on 19 December 2003 was commissioned on 19 March 2007 with the emplacement of the first cask (type CASTOR®V/19 and V/52). The interim storage facility has been licensed for maximum 40 years.

Before this interim storage facility had been licensed and completed, a so-called temporary storage facility had been operated between 31 July 2001 and 30 March 2007, where fuel elements had been stored until the interim storage facility was commissioned.

Previously granted licences on the on-site interim storage facility (in German)

Genehmigung zur Aufbewahrung von Kernbrennstoffen im Standort-Zwischenlager in Philippsburg der EnBW Kraftwerke AG vom 19. Dezember 2003 (PDF, 2 MB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

1. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 5. Oktober 2006, Einsatz der Prüfvorschrift PV 170 (PDF, 108 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

2. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 21. Dezember 2006, Übertragung der Genehmigungsinhaberschaft auf die EnBW Kernkraft GmbH (PDF, 92 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

3. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 13. Juni 2014, Modifikation CASTOR® V/19 (PDF, 292 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

4. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 18. Dezember 2014, Aufrüstung der Krananlagen (PDF, 338 KB, accessible)

5. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 24. Februar 2016, Modifikation CASTOR® V/52, Inventar (PDF, 471 KB, accessible)

Modifications / amendments currently applied for

• Use of the transport and storage cask TN 24 E
• Extension of the protection from disruptive actions or other third-party intervention (SEWD)
• Additional loading variants for the transport and storage casks CASTOR®V/19
• Storage of quivers with special fuel elements in casks of the CASTOR®V/19 type

Licensing authority

Since 30 July 2016, the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BfE) is the licensing authority for interim storage facilities for nuclear fuels. It has taken over this task from the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) that had been responsible until then.