Christian Küppers

Recent projects

• Plant safety

  Safety analysis and risk assessment of an application of Small Modular Reactors

  07/01/2020

  The project gives an overview of currently internationally pursued reactor concepts of so called "small modular reactors" (SMR), a scientific assessment of possible fields of application and a discussion of the associated safety issues and risks.

• Decommissioning nuclear power plants

  Assessment of the safety status of close-border nuclear installations

  06/01/2020

  The UMBW is supported by a technical assessment and evaluation of documents in the technical evaluation of incidents and projects as well as general safety issues concerning close-border nuclear facilities in neighbouring countries.

• Plant safety

  Safety-relevant ageing mechanisms of the reactor pressure vessel by the example of the Beznau 1 nuclear power plant

  05/27/2020

  The Öko-Institut is conducting a literature review on aging mechanisms for reactor pressure vessels in connection with the safety case for the Beznau 1 nuclear power plant.

• Final storage

  Expert services in connection with the site recommendation of BGZ Gesellschaft für Zwischenlagerung mbH for a Konrad central staging facility

  10/17/2019

  On behalf of the BMU, the statement on the derivation of the site recommendation for the "Zentrales Bereitstellungslager Konrad" (ZBL) evaluates the approach selected by the BGZ, the selected requirements for site selection and evaluation, and the derivation of the site recommendation. The assessme

• Radiation protection

  Development of indicators in a catalogue of criteria and implementation of an initial survey to determine the current situation for the evaluation of the national radon action plan.

  08/01/2019

  Radon protection in the Radiation Protection Act has been in force since the end of last year. The law defines a reference value for the radon activity concentration indoors and at workplaces. The law stipulates that the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety,

• Radiation protection

  General preliminary testing of the environmental compatibility of the project "10th decommissioning permit for decommissioning KNK" of KTE (Kerntechnische Entsorgung Karlsruhe)

  07/22/2019

  Kerntechnische Entsorgung Karlsruhe GmbH (KTE) has applied for the 10th decommissioning licence for the Compact Sodium-cooled Nuclear Reactor Facility Karlsruhe (KNK). In the licensing procedure, the possible environmental effects must be examined within the framework of a preliminary EIA. Öko-Ins

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  Sustainable research and consultancy on a new footing

  News 01/16/2025

  Founded more than 40 years ago, the Oeko-Institut is one of Europe’s leading independent research and consultancy organisations working for a sustainable future. In recent years, the Institute has taken on contracts to provide policy advice and conduct application-oriented research – with growing success. Our consultancy services for policy-makers and the business sector in the fields of environmental protection, climate change mitigation and sustainable development will henceforth be clustered under our newly established subsidiary, Öko-Institut Consult GmbH.

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  Better soil management: Which funding approaches have a positive effect on climate mitigation?

  News 01/08/2025

  Soils play an important role as (potential) carbon reservoirs for climate mitigation. They also play a key role in promoting biodiversity and resilience to pressures such as global warming or pollution. Worldwide, soils store two to three times more carbon than the atmosphere. They act as natural climate protectors and are therefore also a key component of the EU's agricultural policy towards a net-zero future – provided they are intact. Only then can they reduce greenhouse gas emissions and/or sequester carbon.