The Federal Nuclear Energy Act stipulates that the decommissioning of a nuclear power plant must be carried out within the framework of a public procedure. Accordingly, their operators are required to submit a decommissioning plan to the SFOE. As the authority responsible for the decommissioning procedure, the SFOE implements it in cooperation with the relevant specialised federal and cantonal agencies. This procedure begins with the official publication of the decommissioning plan. Anyone who is affected by the decommissioning is entitled to submit a formal objection to the SFOE, which then drafts a decommissioning order for the attention of the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC).
BKW Energie AG shut down its Mühleberg nuclear power plant definitively on 15 September 2020. With this step the licence regime changed from operating licence to decommissioning order.
Legal framework for the decommissioning of a nuclear power plant
The lifespan of a nuclear power plant can be divided into four phases as follows: planning (general licence), construction (construction permit), operation (operating licence) and decommissioning (decommissioning order). Each phase is governed by its own licence regime, i.e. it is comprehensively regulated by a licence or order specific to the phase in question. The Federal Nuclear Energy Act provides for a seamless transition from one licence regime to the next. For more information, please refer to “SFOE memo of 25 September 2015”.
Documents
Mühleberg nuclear power plant – decommissioning order of 20 June 2018
- Verfügung des Eidgenössischen Departements für Umwelt, Verkehr, Energie und Kommunikation UVEK vom 20. Juni 2018 in Sachen BKW Energie AG (BKW), Viktoriaplatz 2, 3013 Bern. betreffend Gesuch vom 18. Dezember 2015 auf Anordnung der Stilllegung für das Kernkraftwerk Mühleberg
(PDF, 1 MB, 20.06.2018) ID: 9392 | 465
Timetable with explanation – Mühleberg nuclear power plant decommissioning procedure
- Zeitplan mit Erklärung – 1. Verfahren Stilllegung KKM. Druckversion
(PDF, 44 KB, 04.04.2016) ID: 8265 | 279
- Zeitplan mit Erklärung – 1. Verfahren Stilllegung KKM. Scrollversion
(PDF, 43 KB, 04.04.2016) ID: 8266 | 279
BKW Energie AG decommissioning plan for Mühleberg nuclear power plant, 18 December 2015
- Stilllegung des Kernkraftwerks Mühleberg: Stilllegungsprojekt. Hauptbericht | Version 1.1
(PDF, 7.9 MB, 10.03.2016) ID: 8253 | 278
- Stilllegung des Kernkraftwerks Mühleberg: Störfallbetrachtungen und Notfallschutzmassnahmen. Teilbericht 1 | Version 1.1
(PDF, 3.5 MB, 10.03.2016) ID: 8254 | 278
- Stilllegung des Kernkraftwerks Mühleberg: Bericht zur Sicherung. Teilbericht 3 | Version 1.1
(PDF, 3.3 MB, 10.03.2016) ID: 8256 | 278
- Einreichung Stilllegungsprojekt und Gesuch auf Anordnung der Stilllegung nach Art. 28 KEG betreffend das Kernkraftwerk Mühleberg
(PDF, 221 KB, 18.12.2015) ID: 8252 | 278
- Stilllegung des Kernkraftwerks Mühleberg: Umweltverträglichkeitsbericht. Teilbericht 2
(PDF, 35.8 MB, 18.12.2015) ID: 8255 | 278
SFOE memo, ‘Mühleberg nuclear power plant decommissioning procedure – definitive shut down concept’, 25 September 2015 with introduction
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