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  ...

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  ...

On Wednesday, 18 October 2023, drilling work will commence on the Remlingen 18 exploratory borehole. The area to the east of the Asse II mine is fundamentally suitable as a site for the Asse 5 shaft,  ...

The Gorleben mine The Gorleben salt dome is located in the municipality of Gorleben in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district of north-east Lower Saxony. East of the River Elbe, the dome continues as the  ...

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  ...

The Forum Endlagersuche is the key forum for discussions regarding the selection of a repository site for high-level radioactive waste. On 17/18 November 2023, the second Forum Endlagersuche will be  ...

Types of waste and how they are generated Radioactive materials are distinguished between low-, intermediate-, and high-level radioactivity. Other factors such as the half-life for decay or the  ...

The Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH (BGE) has taken the first key step towards the closure of the Gorleben mine by awarding a contract to backfill the cavities using salt stored at the  ...

On Wednesday, 9 August 2023, the Supervisory Board of the Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH (BGE) appointed Iris Graffunder and Marlis Koop as new managing directors from 1 January 2024 onwards.  ...

Main topic: Konrad on the home straight As work progresses on the Konrad repository, a key building block of the National Waste Management Programme for radioactive waste is becoming a reality. The  ...