Information on the Lingen site, Emsland (Lower Saxony)

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):

Kurzbeschreibung zum Standortzwischenlager am Kernkraftwerk Emsland, Stand Juli 1999 (PDF, 2 MB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

The on-site interim storage facility applied for on 22. Dezember 1998 and licensed on 6. November 2002 was commissioned on 10. Dezember 2002 with the emplacement of the first cask (type CASTOR®V/19). The interim storage facility has been licensed for maximum 40 years.

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

Genehmigung zur Aufbewahrung von Kernbrennstoffen im Standort-Zwischenlager im Ortsteil Bramsche der Stadt Lingen der Kernkraftwerke Lippe-Ems GmbH vom 6. November 2002 (PDF, 1 MB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

1. Ergänzung der Genehmigung vom 31. Juli 2007, Einsatz von MOX-Brennelementen (PDF, 109 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

1. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 1. Februar 2008, Einsatz der Prüfvorschrift PV 170 GNB (PDF, 97 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

2. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 19. Dezember 2014, Modifikation CASTOR® V/19, Inventar (PDF, 273 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

3. Änderungsgenehmigung vom 7. August 2015, Erweiterung des baulichen Schutzes gegen SEWD (PDF, 171 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

Modifications / amendments currently applied for

• 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
• Using the welded lid repair concept as alternative repair option

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.