Nuclear Safety Officer and Reporting Ordinance
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ordinance on the nuclear safety officer and on the reporting of incidents and other events |
| Short title: | Nuclear Safety Officer and Reporting Ordinance |
| Abbreviation: | AtSMV |
| Type: | Federal Ordinance |
| Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Issued on the basis of: | Section 12 (1), Section 54 (1) AtG |
| Legal matter: | Commercial administrative law , environmental law |
| References : | 751-14 |
| Issued on: | October 14, 1992 ( BGBl. I p. 1766 ) |
| Entry into force on: | October 24, 1992 and July 1, 1993 |
| Last change by: |
Art. 18 VO of November 29, 2018 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 2034, 2199 ) |
| Effective date of the last change: |
December 31, 2018 (Art. 20 of November 29, 2018) |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The Nuclear Safety Officer and Reporting Ordinance ( AtSMV ) is an ordinance of the German Federal Government , which is based in particular on Section 12 (1) No. 7 of the Atomic Energy Act .
The operators of nuclear power plants or similar facilities in the Federal Republic of Germany are obliged to report accidents, incidents or other events that are significant for nuclear safety in accordance with a nationwide overall concept to the supervisory authority.
Reportable events are assigned to different reporting categories according to the initial assessment by the operator of a system . A distinction is made between immediate reports, urgent reports, normal reports and events prior to commissioning.
When an accident or a malfunction has to be reported to the supervisory authority is specified in the AtSMV appendices. A report must also be made to authorities responsible for security and order as well as disaster control if the population is at risk.
The AtSMV is used to pass on safety-relevant information to the supervisory authorities and other nuclear power plants. This ensures that the supervisory authorities, after evaluating this information, can initiate tests or take action in the event of a potential hazard. These can be changes in the approval of components, updating of operating documents or the ordering of special examinations. The other nuclear power plants use this information for a transferability check for relevance in their own plant and can thus take preventive action. You learn from the experiences of others and can increase your own plant safety. Precautions against repetition thus become effective throughout Germany. There is a similar procedure in the aerospace and automotive industries, even if they are not required by law.
This transfer of information is often equated with the number of breakdowns, incidents or incidents. This is wrong. Incidents and accidents are assessed in the International Assessment Scale for Nuclear Events (INES) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
In 2006, for example, all reportable events in Germany (over 100) were classified according to INES 0 (below the scale - no or very little safety-related significance).
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The Nuclear Safety Officer and Reporting Ordinance is structured as follows:
Section 1: Scope
Section 2: Nuclear Safety Officer
Section 3 reports of accidents, incidents and other events
Section 4: regulations on fines
Section 5: Final Provisions
Investments
- Appendix 1 - Reporting criteria for reportable events in plants for the fission of nuclear fuels
- Appendix 2 - Reporting criteria for reportable events in facilities according to Section 7 of the Atomic Energy Act on Nuclear Fuel Supply and Disposal
- Annex 3 - Reporting criteria for reportable events in facilities according to Section 7 of the Atomic Energy Act for the fission of nuclear fuels, which are mainly used for research purposes
- Appendix 4 - Reporting criteria for reportable events in facilities in decommissioning according to Section 7 (3) of the Atomic Energy Act
- Annex 5 - Reporting criteria for reportable events in the case of storage in accordance with Section 6 of the Atomic Energy Act
