Repository search 4 August 2017 Today, the Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH (BGE) has written to the geological services of the states, the mountain and water authorities and asked for the  ...

Background information In the Federal Republic of Germany, large quantities of radioactive waste with negligible heat generation arise particularly from the operation and dismantling of nuclear power  ...

Main topic: Completion of the Konrad repository Project Konrad is a highly complex and extensive construction project. Nuclear law imposes stringent safety requirements and serves as the benchmark  ...

Press release No. 06/24 - Konrad Construction of the Konrad repository in Salzgitter has reached the finishing straight. The first low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste is to be emplaced in  ...

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  ...

Short information about the Asse II mine The Asse II mine is located in the district of Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony. From 1967 to 1978, around 47,000 cubic metres of low- and intermediate-level  ...

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  ...

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,  ...