Brenk System Planning

What Brenk System Planning does

Brenk Systemplanung GmbH is an employee-owned (Mitarbeitereigentum) German engineering consultancy founded in 1979 and headquartered in Aachen, with additional offices in Hamburg, Andernach, and Bruchsal. The firm provides expert witness, consulting, and planning services in radiation protection, nuclear engineering, decommissioning and dismantling, radioactive waste disposal, mining, environmental management, and naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM). Its primary customers are operators of nuclear facilities and radioactive waste repositories, the radiopharmaceutical industry, mining companies, industrial facilities, and German federal agencies including the Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz (BfS), the Bundesamt für die Sicherheit der nuklearen Entsorgung (BASE), and the Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR).

The company's core technology layer is a suite of proprietary software products developed from decades of practical project work. PUG³ (Programm zur Unterstützung der Freigabe) supports clearance of buildings, sites, and materials from regulatory control under the Nuclear Energy Act, with modules for residue/site clearance, contamination atlas assignment, and graphical measurement planning. CAISE provides environmental monitoring for nuclear facilities, COMPAS delivers real-time decision support for substance releases and incident management, and AVV/SGB performs radiation exposure calculations under the General Administrative Regulation. Additional in-house tools include process simulation, container position optimization, and Konrad container packaging software. Employees hold formal Fachkunde radiation protection qualifications and have been appointed to the German Radiation Protection Commission (SSK) and its committees for over 20 years.

Revenue is generated through project-based professional services engagements and licensed proprietary software, sold via direct consulting delivery from Brenk's offices to enterprise and government clients — no channel partners or resellers are used. The firm operates as a 51–100 employee specialist with flat hierarchies and team-oriented working methods, holds ISO 9001 quality management certification, and pursues growth through niche service expansion (digitalization and NORM), international project participation (France's Cigéo repository, Ukraine, Austria), and R&D partnerships with institutions such as RWTH Aachen, Forschungszentrum Jülich, and Hellma Materials.

Name

Brenk System Planning

Legal name

Brenk Systemplanung GmbH

Website

https://brenk.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Brenk Systemplanung GmbH is an employee-owned German engineering consultancy providing radiation protection, nuclear decommissioning, radioactive waste disposal, mining, and environmental management services to nuclear operators, waste repositories, and federal agencies, complemented by proprietary clearance and radiological software.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nuclear Engineering & Radiation Protection Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), Hazardous Waste Management (4955)

akta.pro primary industry

Quality Assurance / Quality Control (QA/QC) & Nuclear Codes Compliance (ASME, RCC-M, etc.) (EUAKAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Radiation Detection Instruments & Systems (Portal monitors, spectrometers, contamination monitors) (EUAKAIAK)

Keywords

• Nuclear decommissioning services
• Radiation protection consulting
• Radioactive waste management
• Environmental engineering consulting
• Mining environmental services

Headquarters

HQ city

Aachen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consultancy Services: Expert witness, consulting, and planning services in radiation protection, nuclear engineering, decommissioning, radioactive waste disposal, mining, and environmental management. Services are project-based and tailored to client requirements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Brenk Systemplanung GmbH is an employee-owned engineering consultancy that provides expert witness, consulting, and planning services in radiation protection, nuclear technology, decommissioning of nuclear facilities, radioactive waste disposal, mining and geology, and environmental management. The firm supplements its consulting practice with proprietary software tools (PUG³, CAISE, COMPAS, AVV/SGB) developed from practical project experience in clearance, environmental monitoring, real-time incident response, and radiation exposure calculations.

Product overview

Brenk Systemplanung GmbH is an employee-owned engineering company providing expert and planning services in scientific-technical environmental protection. Their service portfolio includes specialized software solutions (PUG³ for clearance support, CAISE for environmental monitoring, COMPAS for incident management, and AVV/SBG for radiation exposure calculations) alongside comprehensive consulting services in radiation protection, nuclear engineering and decommissioning, radioactive waste disposal, mining and environmental management, and natural radioactivity (NORM). The company operates primarily as a professional services firm with proprietary software tools supporting their consulting practice.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PUG³ (Programm zur Unterstützung der Freigabe)

Quantifiable outcome

• Demonstrated dose rate reduction of up to 2 orders of magnitude through geometric rearrangement of drums in radioactive waste storage facilities
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Hellma MaterialsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 December 2025Joint project ScintLaChARM (funding code 15S9455 A-E) for development of a Compton camera, funded through the FORKA program. Project presented at TÜV Süd specialist conference.
• Plejades GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 December 2015Consortium partner in EuropeAid project in Ukraine, led by Brenk Systemplanung, along with DMT GmbH & Co. KG and TÜV Nord EnSys Hannover GmbH & Co. KG.
• DMT GmbH & Co. KGminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 December 2015Consortium partner in EuropeAid project in Ukraine, led by Brenk Systemplanung, along with Plejades GmbH and TÜV Nord EnSys Hannover GmbH & Co. KG.
• TÜV Nord EnSys Hannover GmbH & Co. KGminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 December 2015Consortium partner in EuropeAid project in Ukraine, led by Brenk Systemplanung, along with Plejades GmbH and DMT GmbH & Co. KG.
• Radiochemie München (RCM)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership for BfS-funded study on activity and particle size distribution in nuclear facility exhaust emissions.
• Forschungszentrum JülichminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership for BfS-funded study on activity and particle size distribution in nuclear facility exhaust emissions.
• Institut AMT der RWTH Aachen UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on two studies examining the effects of digitalization in mining on various sustainability aspects, commissioned by BGR.
• Haus der Technik e.V., EssenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to jointly conduct specialist knowledge courses for activities involving NORM and remediation of radioactive contaminated sites (Module NH).
• Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz (BfS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegular participation in measurement comparisons for dose rate meters and in-situ gamma spectrometry; research project partner for particle size distribution studies.
• Bundesamt für die Sicherheit der nuklearen Entsorgung (BASE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommissioned to conduct safety assessment studies for nuclear waste disposal projects, including the SiGéo project for French Cigéo repository.
• Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommissioned studies on digitalization in mining and sustainability, including Part I and Part II of the study on digitalization effects.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Tractebel (ENGIE): Tractebel is a major European engineering consultancy with deep nuclear capabilities across reactor design, decommissioning, and radioactive waste management. It serves as a broader incumbent peer competing for international repository and decommissioning projects including Cigéo-related work.
• TÜV SÜD: TÜV SÜD is a large global testing, inspection, and certification firm with a dedicated nuclear services division covering decommissioning, waste management, and radiation protection. It overlaps with Brenk across nuclear engineering services but operates at much greater scale and geographic breadth.
• GRS gGmbH (Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit): GRS is Germany's leading technical expert organization for nuclear safety research and assessment. It conducts reactor safety, waste disposal, and radiation protection work that directly overlaps with Brenk's service portfolio, although GRS operates as a non-profit research entity rather than a commercial consultancy.

Direct peers

• DMT GmbH: DMT provides engineering and consulting services for mining, tunneling, and natural resources with nuclear-relevant safety and geophysics capabilities. Brenk and DMT are documented consortium partners on the EuropeAid Ukraine project, indicating direct overlap in nuclear-related technical consulting.
• Plejades GmbH: Plejades is a German independent expert organization providing consulting and assessment services in nuclear facility licensing, decommissioning, and radiation protection. Plejades and Brenk are consortium partners on the EuropeAid Ukraine project and serve overlapping nuclear operator customers.
• NIS Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH: NIS is a German engineering consultancy specializing in nuclear facility engineering, safety analysis, and radiation protection consulting. It serves a similar customer base of German nuclear operators and waste management organizations, making it a close specialist peer to Brenk.
• TÜV NORD EnSys Hannover: TÜV NORD's nuclear engineering arm provides consulting and engineering services for nuclear facilities, decommissioning, and waste management. Brenk and TÜV NORD EnSys are documented consortium partners on the EuropeAid project in Ukraine, indicating directly overlapping capabilities in nuclear safety and licensing.

Emerging players

• Radiochemie München (RCM): RCM is a specialized German radiochemistry laboratory providing analytical services for nuclear facilities, decommissioning, and waste characterization. Brenk and RCM are research partners on BfS-funded exhaust emissions studies, indicating directly comparable technical specialization in nuclear measurement and characterization.
• Forschungszentrum Jülich: Forschungszentrum Jülich is a major German research center with nuclear safety, waste management, and radiation research programs. Brenk has a documented research partnership with FZJ on BfS-funded particle size distribution studies, making it both a collaborator and a comparable technical expert in the nuclear domain.

Regional players

• AF Consult (Tractebel subsidiary): AF Consult is a Swiss-based engineering consultancy (now part of Tractebel) with significant nuclear and tunneling expertise including deep geological repository planning. It overlaps with Brenk's repository and underground engineering work in the European market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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