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Nuclear Safety > Reportable Events

Introduction to Reportable Events
 
Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act, supreme authorities of the Länder are competent for the granting, withdrawal and revocation of licences for nuclear installations as well as for their regulatory oversight and inspection. The Länder authorities are supervised by and subject to the directives of the Federation (Bund), who issues ordinances and general administrative regulations. more...


   
Berichte zu meldepflichtigen Ereignissen in kerntechnischen Anlagen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
 
Die Störfallmeldestelle des BfS unterstützt das Bundesumweltministerium bei dessen Aufgabe, die Öffentlichkeit in regelmäßigen Zeitabständen über meldepflichtige Ereignisse zu unterrichten und veröffentlicht Monats- und Jahresberichte zu den meldepflichtigen Ereignissen in kerntechnischen Anlagen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. next...


Reporting Procedure / Incident Registration Centre
 
The obligation for the licensees of nuclear facilities to report such events to the competent nuclear regulatory authority was made legal and binding with the Nuclear Safety Officer and Reporting Ordinance (AtSMV) of 14 October 1992 (published in the Federal Law Gazette (Bundesgesetzblatt) I page 1766). more...


   
Criteria for Reporting Categories
 

After an initial engineering evaluation, each reportable event is assigned to one of the four individual reporting categories as given by the Nuclear Safety Officer and Reporting Ordinance (AtSMV). These categories particularly take into account the aspect that the authority has to be able to take  precautionary measures irrespective of the actual significance of the event.

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Structure of The International Nuclear Event Scale (INES)
 
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Location of the Nuclear Facilities
 
Hier finden Sie Informationen zu den kerntechnischen Anlagen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, deren Betreiber die Pflicht haben, gemäß atomrechtlicher Sicherheitsbeauftragten- und Meldeverordnung (AtSMV) Unfälle, Störfälle oder sonstige für die kerntechnische Sicherheit bedeutsame Ereignisse (meldepflichtige Ereignisse) an die Aufsichtsbehörde zu melden. next...