Nuclear Power Plants
The main committee „Nuclear Power Plants“ is the only VGB panel with own rules of procedures. They enable the main committee and its three assigned technical committees to finance common projects.
Each project is financed on an individual cost sharing arrangement.
- About 30 to 40 new projects per year
- Total costs: approx. 5 Mio €/a
- Financed by the VGB member companies (open to participation)
- Currently about 80 projects
- Monitored by panels
The department “Nuclear Power Plants” deals with the coordination, the order placement, the monitoring and the financial management of these projects.
Average Number and Type of Projects
| Materials Engineering | 6 |
| Safety Assessment | 12 |
| Thermohydraulics, Core Design | 5 |
| Civil Engineering, Seismic Design | 6 |
| Electrical and I&C Engineering, incl. qualification of components | 40 |
| Operational Databases | 4 |
| Standards, legal questions | 5 |
| Others | 4 |