Phase I Step 2: Siting regions The aim of Step 2 of Phase I of the site selection procedure is to identify siting regions . These regions are to be explored above ground as part of the search for a  ...

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  ...

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  ...

Site selection procedure The site selection procedure is based on the Repository Site Selection Act (StandAG), which sent the search for a repository site for high-level radioactive waste in Germany  ...

Representative preliminary safety analyses The representative preliminary safety analyses are the first safety assessments for a repository for high-level radioactive waste in the ongoing site  ...

Licensing of the Konrad repository Following the initial idea of using the Konrad mine as a repository for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste, it was a long time before implementation  ...

Research calls BGE is looking for a site for a repository for high-level radioactive waste that will guarantee the best possible safety for one million years and operates the Konrad and Morsleben  ...

Announcement - Asse II mine 21 July 2017: Measurement values of evacuated inflow waters for the first six months of 2017 Currently, around 12.5 cubic metres of inflow waters containing salt are  ...

Announcement - Asse II mine 21 July 2017: Information event on Asse inflow waters On 18 July 2017, the Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH (BGE) as operator of the Asse II shaft mine and Asse GmbH  ...

Key findings of Phase 1 of the evaluation The contractors compared the state of the art of science and technology in 2002 – when the planning approval (PDF, 2,41 MB, German only) (PDF, 2,41MB) was  ...