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Press releases

The different host rocks for the repository for high-level radioactive waste: claystone, rock salt and crystalline rock

BGE sets temperature limit for waste containers in repository search

The temperature of the containers should not exceed 150°C in rock salt or 100°C in the case of claystone and crystalline rock

New chairman of BGE Supervisory Board

Dr Jan-Niclas Gesenhues has led the Supervisory Board since March 2024

“The BGE is building a safe repository”

Environment Minister Christian Meyer rejects the applications, submitted by two environmental associations, for the withdrawal or revocation of the planning approval decision for the Konrad repository from 2002.

Konrad repository will make do without a logistics centre

Following the discontinuation of the logistics centre project, the task is now to draw up decentralised delivery concepts in greater detail.

gezeichnete Fässer mit Atommüll und einem gezeichneten Schild, auf dem steht: „Das strahlt ja ewig! Schulwettbewerb zur Endlagerung“

BGE launches school competition: "It radiates forever!"

Attention teachers in grades 9 to 13: The BGE is launching a nationwide school competition on the topic of final storage with free teaching materials and webinars.