High-level radioactive waste generates heat due to the high level of radiation energy. There are limits to the level that this heat is permitted to reach in a repository. The Bundesgesellschaft für  ...
The applicants now have eight weeks to formulate a response, after which the Environment Minister of Lower Saxony will present the final decision. The Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) has  ...
On Tuesday, 12 December 2023, Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (Greens) abandoned plans for a Konrad logistics centre. The decision has placed even greater focus on decentralised delivery  ...
Although many people consider the subject of nuclear energy closed since the last German nuclear power plants went offline in spring 2023, the opposite is actually the case. The remnants of this era  ...
As early as 2023, the Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) observed irregularities in the collection of non-radioactive salt water volumes entering the facility. It then installed additional pump  ...
On 12 March 2024, Dr Jan-Niclas Gesenhues took over as Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE). The Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for  ...
The Management Board The BGE is represented by three managing directors. Iris Graffunder Iris Graffunder – Chair of the Management Board Iris Graffunder has been Chair of the Management Board of the  ...
Research Research and development are important components for the successful implementation of the search for a repository site and the development of repository concepts for heat-generating  ...
Preservation of a section as a place of remembrance The wall built around the Gorleben mine site will be demolished. A section of the wall will be preserved as a place of remembrance on the  ...