Press releases

Berlin, 06.09.2022 As an industry association, KernD e.V. is disappointed by yesterday's proposal from the Federal Ministry of Economics to keep two of the German nuclear power plants currently still connected to the grid in operational readiness beyond the statutory decommissioning date of 31 December 2022 and only allow electricity production if required. Instead, the nuclear power plants could be Read more...

Berlin, 29.07.2022 Summary: The Nuclear Technology Association of Germany (KernD) supports the increasing calls for the continued operation of nuclear power plants in the crisis situation and would like to point out in the current discussion that pure extended operation with the fuel elements available in the reactors beyond the end of 2022 now makes little sense. Read more...

Initial situation According to the legal plans, nuclear energy and coal power will be abolished in Germany, nuclear energy by 31 December 2022, coal on a declining path until 2038 or even as early as 2030. In return, gas-fired power plants are currently being added as a "transitional technology" to support the grid, which, according to the federal government's coalition agreement, will also be Read more...

Berlin, 08.03.2022 In a joint review report, the Federal Ministry for the Environment and the Federal Ministry of Economics have stated that they do not recommend the continued operation of German nuclear power plants due to the war in Ukraine. The German Nuclear Technology Association regrets this and states the following in this context: The assessment of the two ministries confirms that Read more...

Berlin, 04.03.2022 In the course of the current discussion on the possible continued operation of individual nuclear power plants to ensure security of supply in Germany, Kerntechnik Deutschland (KernD), the association of nuclear technology companies and scientific institutions in Germany, states: "The continued operation of German nuclear power plants beyond the currently binding shutdown date of 31 December 2022 can make an important contribution to the security of supply in Germany. Read more...

Berlin, 01.02.2022 German nuclear power plants generated a total of 69.130 billion kWh of electricity (gross) in 2021. Operating results of nuclear power plants in Germany for the year 2021 (PDF, 22.64 KB)

Berlin, 12.01.2022 The Federal Constitutional Court has ruled that the ban on handling nuclear fuel in the ports of Bremen is incompatible with the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany. The supreme court decision, which was delivered on 11 January 2022, confirms the opinion of the industry association KernD e.V. and its member companies Advanced Nuclear Fuels mbH (ANF), GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service mbH Read more...

Berlin, 08.10.2021 For more than two years, politicians, business and media representatives and social initiatives have repeatedly brought the continued operation of nuclear power plants in Germany into the public debate in order to achieve our country's climate policy goals and combine these with the security of a needs-based electricity supply and economic prosperity. Read more...