Results and Summary Reports

All results and consultations of RSK are listed here. Below you find short summaries of the RSK meetings.

Further information on the handling of the consultation results of the RSK by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) are given in Chapter I. Legal framework - 3. Nuclear rules and regulations - b) Recommendations and statements of the RSK, ESK, SSK (on page 8) of the Manual on cooperation between the Federation and the Länder in atomic law (in German).

 

11.04.2013 STATEMENT PWR neutron flux oscillations
11.04.2013 STATEMENT
(available in German only)
Minimum value of 0.1g (approx. 1.0 m/s²) for the maximum horizontal ground acceleration in an earthquake
21.02.2013 STATEMENT
(available in German only)
Pressure and leak tests of components of the reactor coolant pressure boundary and outer systems, especially after repairs
17.01.2013 STATEMENT
(available in German only)
Detection of flaws in the reactor pressure vessel of Unit 3 of Belgium's Doel nuclear power plant (Doel-3)
13.12.2012 RECOMMENDATION
(available in German only)
Grid stability: Impact of stability problems in the German power grid on electrical and I&C installations of nuclear power plants and securing the required electrical power supply for these plants from the grid
13.12.2012 Joint RECOMMENDATION
(available in German only)
Criteria for alerting the disaster control authority by the operators of nuclear facilities

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Joint RECOMMENDATION of the RSK and the SSK (available in German only)

01.12.2012 REPORT Testing and monitoring programme for oil-paper insulated transformers and dry transformers in German nuclear power plants

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REPORT of the RSK-Committee on ELECTRIC INSTALLATIONS (EE)

26.09.2012 STATEMENT
(available in German only)
Redesign of I&C modules and components in nuclear power plants
26.09.2012 STATEMENT
(available in German only)
Operating documents: “Requirements and conditions of safe operation"
26.09.2012 RECOMMENDATION Recommendations of the RSK on the robustness of the German nuclear power plants
12.07.2012 MEMORANDUM
(available in German only)
Potential threat to nuclear safety by loss of know-how and motivation
03.05.2012 STATEMENT
(available in German only)
Leakages from steam generator (SG) tubes to be postulated: multiple tube rupture/leak opening of wall thickness-reduced SG tubes (Published in the Federal Gazette (AT) on 26 July 2012, B3)
03.05.2012 STATEMENT
(available in German only)
Application of the operating manual during operation of German nuclear power plants (Published in the Federal Gazette (AT) on 30 July 2012, B1)
03.05.2012 STATEMENT
(available in German only)
Plant-specific safety review (RSK-SÜ) of German research reactors in the light of the events in Fukushima-I (Japan)
05.04.2012 STATEMENT Stress analysis and testability of the weld at the joint between the cylinder and lower bottom head in reactor pressure vessels (RPVs) of nuclear power plants with boiling water reactors of the BWR 69 type nuclear power plants Krümmel (KKK), Brunsbüttel (KKB), Philippsburg Unit 1 (KKP-1) and Isar Unit 1 (KKI-1)
05.04.2012 STATEMENT Loss of the primary ultimate heat sink (Published in the Federal Gazette (AT) on 03 August 2012, B5)
05.04.2012 STATEMENT Recommendations on the maximum permissible critical boron concentration to ensure subcriticality after operation in"reflux condenser mode“ during a small-break loss-of-coolant accident
29.02.2012 STATEMENT
(available in German only)
Statement on the nuclear non-mandatory guidance instruments, Revision E
17.11.2011 RECOMMENDATION RSK’s understanding of the term robustness in the context of the EU stress test
20.09.2011 (available in German only) Computer-based safety I&C for use in the highest safety category in German nuclear power plants

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Presentation of the consultation results of the RSK working group"USE OF COMPUTER-BASED I&C"(ERL) (available in German only)