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Transport / Storage > ... > ... > Licensing procedure AVR fuel elements from Jülich
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Information on the licensing procedure for the AVR fuel elements from the Jülich Research Centre
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Brief information
concerning the current debate on the Jülich and Ahaus interim storage facilities
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The duration of the current licensing procedure is due to missing proofs of safety from the side of the applicant. A license for the storage of the AVR fuel elements in Ahaus can only be granted when all the required proofs regarding safety are furnished.
The licensing requirements are specified in the Atomic Energy Act and known to all parties concerned. However, irrespective of this, the applicant has to make sure that his documents comply with the constantly developing state of science and technology which is documented in the technical guideline. |
The Jülich Research Centre filed an application for the storage of AVR fuel elements in the Ahaus Interim Storage Facility on 24 September 2009 and, on 4 October 2010 for the transport of these fuel elements to Ahaus. Generally the following applies in case of transport and storage licences according to the Atomic Energy Act: What is to be done with the radioactive material is incumbent upon the applicant or, respectively, the owner of radioactive material, which would in this case be the Jülich Research Centre. The applicant needs to furnish proof that the necessary safety is guaranteed for his project.
Storage and transport licences for so-called nuclear fuels such as fuel from research and power reactors are so-called bound decisions. That means that the applicant or, respectively, the owner of radioactive material determines how it wishes to handle the material and needs to furnish the proof that the safety of man and environment is not at risk. When proof has been furnished the applicant is legally entitled to a licence. The licensing authority, that is, the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), does not have any margin of discretion in this case.
Apart from this, the Jülich Research Centre applied for an extension of the licence for the storage of the fuel elements in Jülich for three years. However, on 16 July 2010 they requested that the BfS consider this procedure to be dormant in favour of the storage in Ahaus applied for.
To what extent other options than a transport to Ahaus are discussed is incumbent upon the Jülich Research Centre and its partners Federal Ministry of Research and the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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