Main topic: Salt water in the Asse mine Water has been seeping into the Asse II mine for decades, resulting in a risk of what is known as “drowning”. Miners use this term to describe a situation in  ...

Compliance The BGE is unreservedly committed to compliance with the law. Indeed, acting in accordance with the law is a matter of course for the BGE – not only as a federal company. The Management  ...

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  ...

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  ...

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  ...

BGE mission statement BGE staff members come from different backgrounds: geologists, mining technologists, engineers, economists, electronics technicians, communicators and many others. Some work  ...

Asse information centre The Asse information centre is located in the immediate vicinity of the Asse II mine. As well as housing an exhibition, the centre is also used to hold regular talks and  ...

What is the situation regarding acceptance of the site? By the time the planning approval decision was granted by the State of Lower Saxony, the acceptance on the part of the City of Salzgitter had  ...

When will Konrad be finished? A report by an expert body in 2017 points to the first half of 2027 as the completion date, taking account of the uncertainties that can be assessed. In particular,  ...