Announcements and press releases
Press release No. 09/23 - Gorleben – First step towards closing the Gorleben mine
Presse Release – BGE awards contract for renaturation of salt heap and backfilling of mine cavities. read more
Press release No. 08/23 - BGE – BGE Management Board completed with two experienced experts
Presse Release – Iris Graffunder and Marlis Koop become new managing directors of the Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH (BGE). read more
Press release No. 07/23 - Konrad Repository – Completion of Konrad repository delayed
Presse Release – The Konrad repository is on the home straight, but there are still a number of hurdles to overcome. read more
Press releases No. 05 and 06/23 - Repository Search – “GeoMetEr” research project: BGE designates second research region
Presse Release – Plans for 2D seismic survey and measurements from the air. read more
Press Release No. 04/23 – Asse – New exploratory borehole in the Asse mine
Presse Release – Emplacement chamber 12 to be investigated from May onwards read more
Press Release No. 03/23 – Asse – BGE publishes geotechnical report for the Asse mine
Presse Release – The Kuhlager site is fundamentally suitable read more
Press Release No. 02/23 – Asse – BGE presents a report on the development of a concept for characterising waste from the Asse mine
Presse Release – The BGE is publishing the final report on the “Development of a concept for characterising the radioactive waste to be retrieved from the Asse II mine”. read more
Press Release No. 01/23 - Repository Search – “GeoMetEr” research project begins
Presse Release – The research project is being launched in mid-March 2023 in collaboration with a project group led by the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology. read more
Standortauswahl – Press release No. 13/22: BGE hopes to submit report on siting regions in 2027 at the latest
Presse Release – In Step 2 of Phase I of the search for a repository for high-level radioactive waste in Germany, the task of the Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) is to reduce 90 sub-areas to a small number of siting regions for surface exploration read more
Asse – Press Release No. 12/22 – BGE applies for temporary closure of district road
Presse Release – The Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) is requesting the temporary closure of the district road K 513 between Remlingen and Groß Vahlberg for the retrieval of radioactive waste from the Asse mine. read more