To protect public health and the environment against the dangers of ionizing radiation, the nuclear power plants and other nuclear installations and facilities in which radioactive material is handled are subject to strict governmental supervision. In Baden-Württemberg, this responsibility lies in the hands of the Ministry for the Environment, Climate and Energy Sector.
The department for nuclear supervision and radiation protection is responsible for five the nuclear power plants in Baden-Wuerttemberg and ensures that they are decommissioned and dismantled in accordance with all nuclear licences, provisions and regulations.
In addition to the nuclear power plants, the interim storage facilities in Neckarwestheim and Philipsburg, the former reprocessing plant in Karlsruhe (WAK), the European Joint Research Center Karlsruhe (JRC), the facilities of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), and the Siemens educational reactors (SUR) are also subject to supervision.
The supervision of nuclear facilities and installations in Baden-Württemberg is carried out on the basis of a systematic and unified supervision concept with modern oversight methods. The objective is to ensure a high level of safety in the nuclear installations in Baden-Württemberg.