Press Releases and Information of DAtF

President of the DAtF: Germany’s Nuclear Energy Industry Deserves Respect

In his speech on the opening of the 44th Annual Meeting on Nuclear Technology on 14 May in Berlin, the President of the DAtF Dr. Ralf Güldner stressed in his opening speech that “it is the employees of the companies, the researchers, the independent experts and the supervisory officers who have ensured a culture of maximum nuclear safety for decades and who live by this philosophy on a daily basis.

German Nuclear Power Plants Are Among the World’s Most Productive

German NPP operators have managed to repeat the excellent result of 2011

Legal Opinion: Passing of Search Costs for Alternative Final Repository onto Nuclear Power Plant Operators Is Unconstitutional

Prof. Hans-Wolfgang Arndt arrives at this conclusion in his legal opinion of March 2012.

DAtF Relying on Constructive Dialog Regarding open Questions in Final Repository Compromise

In principle, the current agreement between the German Federal and State Governments is to be welcomed since its aim is to find a non-partisan solution to the decades old, politically open question regarding the final disposal of high active waste.

DAtF Welcomes the Desire of Politicians to Tackle a Solution to the Question of Final Disposal with a Cross-party Approach/Still Many Issues Requiring Clarification

Federal Minister for the Environment Peter Altmaier, Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister Stephan Weil and Lower Saxony’s Minister for the Environment Stefan Wenzel presented a “Joint Proposal, Site Location Act” on 24 March, 2013.

Stress Test Confirms Excellent Safety Level of Nuclear Supply and Waste Management in Germany

The Nuclear Waste Management Commission, an independent advisory body of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), on behalf of the BMU has subjected nuclear facilities and establishments in the supply and waste management chain to a stress test for the first time and has confirmed their excellent safety levels in a statement.

DAtF: Schleswig-Holstein’s Federal Council Initiative on Decommissioning Fails to Address the Right Topics

EU Stress Test: EU Commission Confirms High Safety Level of German Nuclear Power Plants

DAtF: The Discussion Regarding the Use of ERU Fuel Assemblies from Russian Production Is Dubious and Distortive

The DAtF’s position regarding the Süddeutsche Zeitung’s current reporting on the topic of ERU fuel assemblies is as follows:

Greenpeace Conducts Cost Debate with Methodological Errors and Polemic Arguments

In the debate surrounding the structuring and costs of the energy transition, Greenpeace Energy and others are conducting the ideological battles of the past using arguments that are old and flawed.

DAtF: Don't Forget the Timely Provision of a Final Repository in the Law Governing the Selection of a Site for Final Disposal (“Endlagersuchgesetz”)

The German Atomic Forum welcomes the remarks made by Federal Minister for the Environment Peter Altmaier on 16 August 2012 referring to pushing ahead with a solution to the question of a final repository.

DAtF: Shaping Energy Transition with a Sense of Proportion and Responsibility

The 43rd Annual Meeting on Nuclear Technology of the German Atomic Forum (DAtF) and the German Nuclear Society (KTG) opened in Stuttgart.

EU Stress Test - European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group ENSREG also Confirms High Safety Level of Germany´s Nuclear Power Plants

One Year After Fukushima: Reactor Accidents in Japan Would Have Been Preventable

Nuclear power phase-out in Germany does nothing to alter internationally high safety standard of plants

Electricity Production 2011: Top Ten Nuclear Power Plants

German nuclear power plants achieved four of the world´s ten best production results in 2011.

Operating Results of Nuclear Power Plants in Germany for 2011

In 2011 the German nuclear power plants generated 107.971 billion kilowatt hours of electricity.

Results of EU Stress Tests Confirm High Level of Safety in Germany

Results of EU Stress Tests Confirm High Level of Safety in Germany

New Secretary General from April 2012

German Atomic Forum: Overhasty Phase-out of Nuclear Power will Result in High Social Costs