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Chronology of steps taken following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
| Date | Steps |
|---|---|
| 04.10.2012 | EU stress test: EU Commissioner Oettinger presents report by European Commission |
| 26./27.09.2012 | Reactor Safety Commission recommendation on the robustness of German nuclear power plants |
| 31.07.2012 | EU stress test: ENSREG adopts ENSREG Action Plan |
| 03.05.2012 | Safety review of the research reactors by the Reactor Safety Commission ( RSK ) |
| 31.12.2011 | Germany submits its final EU stress test report to the European Commission |
| 15.09.2011 | Germany submits its interim EU stress test report to the European Commission |
| 06.08.2011 | The 'Thirteenth Amendment to the Atomic Energy Act' comes into force. Nuclear power plants Biblis A, Neckarwestheim 1, Biblis B, Brunsbüttel, Isar 1, Unterweser, Philipsburg 1 and Krümmel forfeit their power generation licences. |
| 22.06.2011 | The Federal Ministry for the Environment commissions the Nuclear Waste Management Commission ( ESK ) to "review the safety requirements and the provisions for safety assessments of facilities for the management of irradiated fuel assemblies and radioactive waste in Germany and redefine them where appropriate". |
| 30.05.2011 | The Ethics Commission for a Safe Energy Supply submits its report to the federal government. |
| 17.05.2011 | The Reactor Safety Commission submits its report on the results of the safety review. |
| 31.03.2011 | Federal Minister for the Environment, Norbert Röttgen, and Chairman of the Reactor Safety Commission, Rudolf Wieland, present the list of requirements for the safety review of German nuclear power plants. |
| 24./25.03.2011 | The European Council declares that "the safety of all EU nuclear plants should be reviewed, on the basis of a comprehensive and transparent risk and safety assessment ("stress tests")". |
| 22.03.2011 | The federal government convenes an Ethics Commission with the aim of re-assessing the risks of nuclear power for Germany. The commission is chaired by former Federal Minister for the Environment Klaus Töpfer, and Matthias Kleiner, President of the German Research Foundation. |
| 17.03.2011 | The Federal Ministry for the Environment commissions the Reactor Safety Commission with producing a catalogue of requirements for the safety testing of nuclear power plants in Germany. |
| 15.03.2011 | Following the nuclear disaster in Japan, Germany's federal government announces a moratorium: German nuclear power plants are to be put to the test. |
| 11.03.2011 | A severe earthquake occurs off the coast of Japan, triggering a tsunami. Parts of the Fukushima Daiichi (Fukushima I) nuclear power plant are destroyed, the emergency power supply fails. |
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