Standortauswahl In Step 2 of Phase I of the search for a repository for high-level radioactive waste in Germany, the task of the Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) is to reduce 90 sub-areas to  ...

Press release No. 15/25 - BGE The BGE is currently managing to collect larger quantities of salt water in the vicinity of the former main collection point at the 658-metre level. At present, this  ...

Press Release Nr. 04/2026 - Asse In 2020, the Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) presented the retrieval plan – an initial planning concept that outlined how the numerous different steps  ...

Press Release Nr. 03/26 - Asse On 9 March, miners at the Asse II mine took an important step towards stabilising solution collection at the 658-metre level by exposing the solution flow path in  ...

Short Information about the Morsleben repository Morsleben repository is located in Saxony-Anhalt near the border to Lower Saxony. Around 37,000 m 3 of low and intermediate-level waste with  ...

Main topics in relation to the Asse II mine The main topics deal with individual aspects of the Asse II mine in greater detail. 3D seismic In 2019 and 2020, the BGE conducted 3D seismic measurements  ...

Product control Radioactive waste must be packaged in approved containers for disposal. In addition, the filled containers must be checked and monitored. All production and inspection protocols must  ...

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What are the requirements for safe disposal? The disposal of radioactive waste is an extensive process consisting of many individual steps. In this context, the BGE is responsible for searching for,  ...

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  ...