Transparency:
Experience of a Regulator
Gerrit Niehaus
Ministerium für Umwelt, Klima und Energiewirtschaft
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
NURIS Conference 16-17 April 2015 in
Vienna
How does the action of the regulatory
body become transparent?
licensing
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oversight
Public informations and
participation required by law
 Germany's Environmental Information Act
(Umweltinformationsgesetz)
 Baden-Württemberg's Environmental Administrative
Act (Umweltverfahrensgesetz)
 licensing procedures
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Nuclear Regulatory System
BMUB
BfS
Federal Ministry of Environment
Directorate-General Safety of Nuclear
Installations, Radiological Protection,
Nuclear Fuel Cycle
GRS
Expert-Organization
Federal Office for
Radiation Protection
Scientific and Licensing
authority
Federal Supervisionary Control
RSK, ESK, SSK
KTA
Expert Commissions
Regulation Commission
UM BW
Extern Experts
Ministry of the Environment Baden-Württemberg
Department Nuclear Energy Supervision, Radiation Protection
Licensing and supervisiory authority
Nuclear Instalations
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Nuclear Power Plants
Interim Storages for HAW
Nuclear Regulatory System
BMUB
BfS
Federal Ministry of Environment
GRS
Federal Office for
Radiation Protection
Directorate-General Safety of Nuclear
Installations, Radiological Protection,
Nuclear Fuel Cycle Supervisionary
Control
Expert-Organization
Scientific and Licensing
authority
RSK
KTA
Expert Commission
Regulation Commission
UM BW
Extern Experts
Ministry of the Environment
Department Nuclear Energy Supervision, Radiation Protection
Licensing and supervisiory authority
Nuclear Instalations
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Nuclear Power Plants
Interim Storages for HAW
Some examples
1. Information commissions at the sites of the nuclear
power plants
2. Information on the homage (e.g. detail real-time
information about emissions and the plant status)
3. Self-review of the regulatory body
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Information commissions at the sites
of the nuclear power plants
Intention:
Information of the citizens in the surrounding of the
nuclear power plant about safety related issues of the
plants and public discussion .
Reporting persons:
public authorities, licensees and other experts
Number of meetings:
2 - 3 meetings a year
http://www.infokommission-kkp.de/ und http://www.infokommission-gkn.de/
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Pluralistic Composition:
1. District administrators
2. members of the state
parliament
3. representatives of the
municipality
4. environmental
associations
5. citizens’ initiative
6. trade unions
7. associations
8. foreign representatives
• (audience)
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17-22 members
regulatory body and licensee
approx 30-60 listeners
Informations on the homepage
Plant status (mouseover)
emission (escaping air)
neutron flux
emission (water)
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presure vessel level
Real-time local dose rates of
different measuring stations near
the npp
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Self-review of the regulatory body
3 events in the nuclear power plant of Philippsburg with
common causes, which initially haven’t been reported
event
licensee
regulatory
body
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authorized
experts
Publications of the results
 Final results are presented in an report
 The report is presented on the homepage
 Explanation of the reasons for the self-review and the
results are given in press releases and on the
homepage

https://um.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/umwelt/kernenergie-und-radioaktivitaet/kerntechnischeanlagen/kkw-in-baden-wuerttemberg/philippsburg-kkp-2/sicherheitstechnische-bewertung-vondrei-ereignissen-kkp2/
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