Short Information about the Konrad repository The Konrad repository is located in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony. It is the first repository licensed under nuclear law in Germany, with a licence for the  ...

Short information about the Asse II mine The Asse II mine is located in the district of Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony. From 1967 to 1978, around 47,000 cubic metres of low- and intermediate-level  ...

Press release No. 07/24 - Repository search Where does the search for a repository in Germany stand? How is the Federal Company for Final Disposal (BGE) finding the site with the best possible safety  ...

Current inventory Storage facilities and facilities commissioned by the state collection points currently hold over 130,000 cubic metres of radioactive waste. The volume of radioactive waste will  ...

Press release No. 08/24 - Repository search Experts discuss the disposal of radioactive waste in clay and clay rocks The Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE), in collaboration with the Federal  ...

Press release No. 09/24 - Repository search At the 3rd Forum on the Search for a Final Repository (Forum Endlagersuche) on 22 and 23 November 2024, 247 participants came together in Würzburg to  ...

News The Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) is responsible for the safe disposal of radioactive waste deep underground in Germany. This includes not only low- and intermediate-level radioactive  ...

Pressemitteilung 10/24 - Gorleben At the end of November 2024, the green light was given for the backfilling of the Gorleben mine. Over the next three years, the galleries and shafts are to be  ...

Konrad repository At the Konrad mine in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony, work is underway on the construction of Germany’s first repository for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste to be licensed  ...

Endlagersuche 90 sub-areas covering 54 percent of Germany’s surface area The BGE has identified 90 sub-areas with a total area of just over 240,000 km2. However, because sub-areas partially overlap,  ...