Niederamt Nuclear Power Plant
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The nuclear power plant Niederamt ( acronym KKN, not to be confused with the similarly abbreviated nuclear power plant Niederaichbach ) is the name for a planned nuclear power plant near the existing nuclear power plant Gösgen in Solothurn Niederamt between Olten and Aarau in Switzerland. The project comes to areas of population communities Niedergösgen, Gretzenbach and Däniken lie.
History
On 9 June 2008, the nuclear power plant Niederamt Ltd., a project company of Atel Holding AG (now Alpiq Holding ), submitted to the Federal Office of Energy, the general license application for the new nuclear power plant.
The general license application is the first step in the approval process for a new nuclear power plant in Switzerland. The application consists of six documents: the safety report, the environmental impact report, the report on the security against external effects, the proof of disposal, the concept for the decommissioning and report to reconcile with spatial planning.
A general license is issued by the Federal Council. After the events in Japan, Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard has suspended the ongoing general license procedures for replacement nuclear power plants on March 14, 2011. The suspension remains in effect until the causes of the accident in Japan analyzed, checked the safety standards of the Swiss nuclear power plants and are adapted to new insights.
Project Information
The entered general license application is not based on any particular investment. It is assumed that a generic nuclear power plant, which (pressure or boiling water ) covering the today available for selection nuclear power plants of the third generation light water reactors without already set to a type and manufacturer. Detailed information is only relevant for the planning application, which can be entered after the granting of a general license.
The exact dimensions, orientation and placement of the reactor building, the turbine building, cooling tower within the project area is not fixed yet. As an approximate dimension is assumed in the reactor building from a height of about 75 meters. The dimensions of the floor plan are approximately 130 meters x 180 meters.
Cooling is achieved by an approximately 60 -meter-high plume-free hybrid cooling tower. The construction costs are CHF with about six to eight billion, ie between four and six billion EUR quantifies the power plant will create up to 3,000 jobs during construction and employ approximately 400 to 500 persons during operation. The to be selected later in the process reactor is to be an already proven reactor and no prototype.
Approval process and timetable
The approval process is regulated by the Swiss Nuclear Energy Act (KEG) and includes three licenses: a general license, construction permit and operating license.
As part approval process will determine who is the holder of the authorization, and where and for what purpose the plant is to be built. Similarly, the broad lines of the project must be recorded, ie the so-called performance class and the main cooling system. A general license is issued by the Federal Council. The authorization of the Federal Council must then be approved by the Federal Assembly ( approx. 1 year). Against the approved by the Federal Assembly grant the referendum can be taken.
Following the granting of a general license follows the building permit process as the next step. The building permit is issued by the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications if substantially the protection of man and environment is ensured that the project complies with the principles of nuclear safety and security, no other cases provided for by the federal legislative reasons ( environmental protection, nature - and homeland security, space planning ) militate against a professional project construction is assured and there is a program for quality assurance measures for all construction activities and a plan for decommissioning. The Department is in the authorization set a deadline for the start of construction.
Before the new nuclear power plant may go into operation, the appropriate operating license must be granted the operating license process. An operating license is also issued by the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications.