Press

24.11.2010, GRS
Where to put hazardous waste? – International workshop on underground disposal in Braunschweig

More than 100 participants from 15 different countries meet in Braunschweig on 30 November 2010 for an international workshop on the underground disposal of hazardous chemical waste. The workshop is conducted by Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS).

22.12.2009, GRS
Frank-Peter Weiß to become new scientific-technical director of GRS

Cologne, 9.12.2009 – The new scientific-technical director of Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) mbH will be Prof. Dr. Frank-Peter Weiß. The supervisory board of GRS passed a corresponding decision at its meeting in Cologne on 4 December 2009. Professor Weiß will succeed Dipl.-Phys. Lothar Hahn in the summer of 2010.

14.09.2009, GRS
GRS unveils new company logo

Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) presents a new company logo. The old logo has served its purpose well over the past 17 years. As of 15 September 2009, the new logo will be a central element of the corporate design of the German technical and scientific research and expert organisation.

03.11.2008, GRS
EUROSAFE Forum 2008 in Paris: Nuclear Safety in the context of increasing demand for safety expertise in Europe

The general topic of the EUROSAFE Forum in Paris at Cité Internationale Universitaire on 3/4 November 2008 is: The role of Technical Safety Organisations (TSOs) in the context of increasing demand for safety expertise.

24.10.2008, GRS
GRS Annual Report 2006/2007 published

The large number of representative projects described in the GRS Annual Report 2006/2007 is evidence that GRS has again fully committed itself to maintaining and further developing nuclear safety in Germany and increasingly also in other countries and thereby has fulfilled its duty to society in a highly responsible manner. GRS is Germany's central technical expert organisation in the field of nuclear safety.

13.11.2007, GRS
Offene Diskussion zur Endlagerung hochradioaktiver Abfälle

Bei der nach wie vor ungelösten Entsorgung hochradioaktiver Abfälle setzen die auf diesem Gebiet am weitesten fortgeschrittenen Länder in der Regel auf vergleichende Auswahlverfahren mit umfassender Beteiligung der Bevölkerung.

05.11.2007, GRS
EUROSAFE Forum 2007 Berlin: Nukleare Sicherheit in Europa

This year, the general topic of the EUROSAFE Forum on 5 - 6 November 2007 in Berlin is “Securing Nuclear Safety in Future Years”. In plenary presentations, a panel discussion also involving the audience, in a workshop and in topic-specific seminars, authorities, technical safety organisations and industry present their positions from their points of view. In this way, EUROSAFE wants to promote a common understanding in Europe in issues relating to nuclear safety.

08.10.2007, GRS
International Conference: On the way to a safe Radioactive Waste Repository

The disposal of high level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel is a technical and scientific challenge in many countries using nuclear power for electricity generation. The conference will begin with a welcome note by the Federal Minister for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Sigmar Gabriel.

05.06.2007, GRS
30th Anniversary of GRS: On the Right Path Into the Future

On Tuesday, 5 June 2007, the Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) celebrated its 30th anniversary at the Dorint Kongress Hotel Cologne. The following day, an experts forum took place at the premises of GRS, Schwertnergasse 1, to present its spectrum of services.

20.11.2006, GRS
False allegations by the "Spiegel" news magazine, published on 20 November 2006, concerning GRS studies relating to the event at the Swedish Forsmark-1 nuclear power plant on 25 July 2006

In its article "Schwedisches Atomkraftwerk stand kurz vor dem GAU" (Swedish atomic power plant was about to suffer maximum credible accident) published on 20 November 2006, the "Spiegel" news magazine claims that following an analysis of the event, GRS had arrived at the conclusion that there would almost have been a severe accident involving core meltdown.