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09.04.2024 - The amount of salt water collected in the Asse II mine has continued to decrease. The BGE has made an application to the State Office for Mining, Energy and Geology to upgrade the main collection point.

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 ...

08.04.2024 - The temperature of the containers should not exceed 150°C in rock salt or 100°C in the case of claystone and crystalline rock

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 ...

25.03.2024 - Dr Jan-Niclas Gesenhues has led the Supervisory Board since March 2024

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 ...

19.12.2023 - 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.

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 ...

19.12.2023 - 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.

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 ...

18.12.2023 - A new shaft has to be built to recover the radioactive waste. The drilling serves to confirm the suitability of the site and to lay the foundation for planning.

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, ...

13.12.2023 - Following the discontinuation of the logistics centre project, the task is now to draw up decentralised delivery concepts in greater detail.

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 ...

10.11.2023 - The Forum Endlagersuche is the central forum for discussion on the selection of sites for the repository for high-level radioactive waste in Germany. On 17. and On 18 November, two themes are in focus.

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 ...

15.08.2023 - BGE awards contract for renaturation of salt heap and backfilling of mine cavities.

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 ...

10.08.2023 - Iris Graffunder and Marlis Koop become new managing directors of the Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH (BGE).

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. ...

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