KENFO - Fonds zur Finanzierung der kerntechnischen Entsorgung

About KENFO On 16 June 2017 the German Nuclear Waste Disposal Financing Act came into force and Fund for the Financing of the Nuclear Waste Disposal (KENFO) was set up as a public-law endowment by the German federal government. On 3 July 2017 the operators of all of the 25 German nuclear power plants fulfilled their legal obligation to fund the endowment with a total amount of 24.1 billion Euros. The purpose of the fund is to ensure the financing of the interim and final disposal of radioactive waste resulting from the commercial exploitation of nuclear energy for the production of electricity in Germany. With approximately 24 billion Euros in assets under management KENFO is Germanys largest public endowment and first sovereign wealth fund. As such it reimburses the federal government for the costs being incurred for the safe disposal of radioactive waste. KENFO is managed by a three-member board with Anja Mikus as chairperson. It is under the supervision of the Board of Trustees ...