Announcement 2 August 2017: Ursula Heinen-Esser takes on commercial management of DBE Effective from 7 August 2017, Ursula Heinen-Esser is taking on the commercial management of the DBE. She will  ...

History of the Asse II mine The Asse II mine is one of three facilities constructed on the Asse mountain range in around 1900 for the purpose of salt extraction, which was discontinued in 1964. The  ...

History of the Konrad repository The Konrad mine is a disused iron-ore mine in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony. The process of obtaining a licence for its use as a repository for low- and intermediate-level  ...

History of the Morsleben repository The Morsleben repository had a turbulent history prior to becoming the GDR’s central repository for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste in 1971. On  ...

History of the search for repositories The search for a repository for radioactive waste, especially heat-generating waste, is not new. The following selected milestones provide an overview of the  ...

Announcement - Morsleben repository 22 September 2017: Hoisting cable exchange carried out in Bartensleben shaft Last weekend, the hoisting cable was exchanged in the Bartensleben shaft at the  ...

Imprint Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH (BGE) Eschenstraße 55 31224 Peine Phone: +49 5171 43-0 Fax: +49 5171 43-1218 Email: poststelle(at)bge.de The Management Board: Iris Graffunder, Marlis  ...

Press release No. 01/25 - BGE The Supervisory Board of the Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) has decided to appoint Jürgen Korth as Technical Managing Director of the BGE with effect from 1  ...

Press release No. 02/26 - Repository search The Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) will publish the next work statuses from the representative preliminary safety analyses (rvSU) in autumn 2026,  ...