On 20.22.2012, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN) and the Länder authorities responsible for nuclear licensing and supervision of nuclear power plants in operation have agreed to publish the general "Safety Requirements for Nuclear Power Plants". In addition to these safety requirements, the "Interpretations of the Safety Requirements" were published in the Federal Gazette on 10.12.2013.
Here you will find the current versions (as of August 04, 2025):
- Sicherheitsanforderungen an Kernkraftwerke in der Fassung der Bekanntmachung vom 25. Februar 2022 (BAnz AT 15.03.2022 B3)
- Interpretationen zu den Sicherheitsanforderungen an Kernkraftwerke, geändert am 3. März 2015 (BAnz AT 30.03.2015 B3)
With the "Safety Requirements for Nuclear Power Plants", the existing nuclear rules and regulations were subjected to modernisation and revision. Here, the international developments and amendments that have taken place in the meantime in terms of the defence-in-depth concept were transposed into the non-mandatory guidance instruments. The "Safety Requirements for Nuclear Power Plants" comprise various national requirements and take into account international and European requirements as well as lessons learned from the accident in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants.