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Ordinances

For more details regarding the legal regulations, the Atomic Energy Act includes authorisations for issuing ordinances (compare listing in Section 54 paragraph 1 of the Atomic Energy Act). These ordinances require approval by the Bundesrat (Federal Council). The Bundesrat is a constitutional body of the Federation in which the governments of the Länder are represented.

The listing below lists the main ordinances on protective and preventive measures at nuclear power plants.

Ordinances

  • Law Nuclear Safety & Radiological Protection | 22.12.22

    Nuclear Licensing Procedure Ordinance

    Nuclear Procedural Ordinance as published on February 3, 1995 (BGBl. I page 180), last amended by Article 5 of the Ordinance of March 22, 2023 (BGBl. 2023 I number 88).

  • Law Nuclear Safety | 22.12.22

    Nuclear Safety Officer and Reporting Ordinance

    Ordinance on the Nuclear Safety Officer and the Reporting of Incidents and other Events (Nuclear Safety Officer and Reporting Ordinance) of 14 October 1992, last Amendment of 8 June 2010.

  • Law Nuclear Safety | 22.12.22

    Nuclear Reliability Verification Ordinance

    Ordinance on the verification of reliability of persons as a protection against a diversion or major release of radioactive material according to the Atomic Energy Act (Nuclear Reliability Verification Ordinance – AtZüV).

  • Law Nuclear Safety & Radiological Protection | 22.12.22

    Nuclear Financial Security Ordinance

    Ordinance Concerning the Financial Security Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act (Nuclear Financial Security Ordinance) of 25 January 1977, last Amendment of July 2016.

  • Law Nuclear Safety & Radiological Protection | 22.12.22

    Cost Ordinance under the Atomic Energy Act

    Cost Ordinance under the Atomic Energy Act and the Radiation Protection Act of December 17, 1981 (BGBl. I page 1457), last amended by Article 5 of the Act of May 20, 2021 (BGBl. I p. 1194).

  • Law Radiological Protection | 22.12.22

    Potassium iodide regulation

    Regulation for the verification of reliability for protection against theft or release of radioactive substances under the Atomic Energy Act.

  • Law Nuclear Safety | 22.12.22

    Nuclear Waste Shipment Ordinance

    Nuclear Waste Shipment Ordinance of April 30, 2009 (BGBl. I page 1000), as last amended by Article 241 of the Ordinance of June 19, 2020 (BGBl. I page 1328).

  • Law Nuclear Safety & Radiological Protection | 22.12.22

    Repository Prepayment Ordinance

    The Federal Government has the task of setting up final storage facilities for radioactive waste. In accordance with the "polluter pays" principle, those obliged to pay in advance have to bear the necessary costs.

Regulations on technical plant safety or safe operation, publication of operating experience for the purpose of safety improvements, requirements for training and expertise or on various protective measures have so far not been made in Germany by legal ordinance, although this would be possible under the Atomic Energy Act, but are the subject of sublegal regulations.

Last updated: 22.12.2022

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