Press release No. 13/23 - Konrad Repository On Tuesday, 12 December 2023, Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (Greens) abandoned plans for a Konrad logistics centre. The decision has placed  ...

Press release No. 07/24 - Repository search Where does the search for a repository in Germany stand? How is the Federal Company for Final Disposal (BGE) finding the site with the best possible safety  ...

Press release No. 08/24 - Repository search Experts discuss the disposal of radioactive waste in clay and clay rocks The Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE), in collaboration with the Federal  ...

Press release No. 09/24 - Repository search At the 3rd Forum on the Search for a Final Repository (Forum Endlagersuche) on 22 and 23 November 2024, 247 participants came together in Würzburg to  ...

Pressemitteilung 10/24 - Gorleben At the end of November 2024, the green light was given for the backfilling of the Gorleben mine. Over the next three years, the galleries and shafts are to be  ...

Endlagersuche 90 sub-areas covering 54 percent of Germany’s surface area The BGE has identified 90 sub-areas with a total area of just over 240,000 km2. However, because sub-areas partially overlap,  ...

Press release No. 04/25 - Konrad The Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) is still operating on the assumption that emplacement in the Konrad repository will take place in the early 2030s –  ...

Press release No. 03/2025 – repository search

Pressemitteilung Nr. 10/25 - Asse When drilling exploratory boreholes below the old containment liner at the 658-metre level, the BGE has encountered a significant flow of salt water. As the  ...

Pressemitteilung 09/25 - Endlagersuche Crystalline rock must fulfil numerous requirements in order to be suitable as a host rock for the final disposal of high-level radioactive waste. How  ...