Main topic: Evaluation of the safety requirements for the Konrad repository

The evaluation is being carried out prior to commissioning of the Konrad repository. In Phase 1, “Determination of the need for an evaluation”, the state of the art of science and technology at the time of the approval will be compared with that of the present day.

The contractors compared the state of the art of science and technology in 2002 – when the planning approval was issued – with that in 2018. They identified a series of changes, some of which were assessed as being relevant to the safety analyses of the Konrad repository.

As part of the evaluation of the safety requirements for the Konrad repository, the state of the art of science and technology at the time of approval is to be compared with that of the present day. What is the evaluation and what is its current status? Answers to this and other questions can be found here.

The Konrad repository in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony, is planned and licensed for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste, which arises primarily from the operation and dismantling of nuclear power plants as well as from research institutions, industry and medicine.

In 2007, the Konrad mine was licensed under nuclear law as the first repository in Germany. The former iron-ore mine is currently being converted into a repository and will then be used for the final disposal of up to 303,000 cubic metres of radioactive waste with negligible heat generation.

Info Konrad provides information on Konrad, the first repository to be licensed under nuclear law. As well as an exhibition and other information materials, visitors can also see the situation underground for themselves as part of a tour.