Simone Mohr

Special Expertise

Preparation of studies and expert opinions, especially on:

• Facility safety and systems analysis
• Ageing of components, systems and structures in Europe's nuclear power plants (such as reactor pressure vessel, core shroud)
• External events (such as earthquakes)
• Decommissioning and dismantling of nuclear installations
• Treatment, storage and disposal of nuclear waste and fuel
• Nuclear rules and regulations

Member of the Reactor Safety Commission (RSK) Committee on Reactor Operation (RB) of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB)

Key Projects

• Scientific-technical support to the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) with respect to ad hoc questions in the framework of federal supervision (commissioned by: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Protection, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB))
• Safety review of facility designs ( commissioned by: Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) mbH, on behalf of the German Environment Ministry BMU )
• Risks of Nuclear Ageing, substudy of “Lifetime extension of ageing nuclear power plants: Entering a new era of risk” (comissionned by Greenpeace)
• Brief assessment in access of citizens to safety-relevant documents of the nuclear power plant Mühleberg in the context of federal administrative appeal Ursula Balmer-Schafroth et. al. (commissioned by: Komitee Mühleberg Ver-fahren, Switzerland)
• Public communication and measures for nuclear emergency planning not arising from technical nuclear facilities in connection with new forms of threat: Precautionary information and information management in the event of nuclear terrorism (commissioned by: German Federal Office for Radiation Protection BfS)
• Input to the state reports and to the 3rd Review Meeting of the Joint Convention on spent fuel and radioactive waste management (commissioned by: Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) mbH, on behalf of the German Environment Ministry BMU)
• Support for the German Environment Ministry in the development of a national nuclear waste management plan (commissioned by: Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) mbH, on behalf of the German Environment Ministry BMU)

Professional Training and Career

• Undergraduate studies in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in Processing Engineering, at RWTH Aachen, graduated with the title Diplom-Ingenieurin Maschinenbau
• Several years of professional experience in facility planning
• With the Öko-Institut since 1995.

Language Skills

English