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. 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  ...

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  ...

Licensing of the Konrad repository The Konrad repository in Salzgitter was licensed as part of a procedure that took around 20 years to complete. This is the first time that such a comprehensive  ...

Announcement – Konrad repository 4 May 2017: Landmark of Konrad mine scaffolded The listed winding tower, being the symbol of the Konrad mine beyond the city limits of Salzgitter, will be scaffolded  ...

Announcement – Konrad repository 23 May 2017: Konrad waste acceptance requirements revision 03 withdrawn The waste acceptance requirements for radioactive waste to be disposed of in the Konrad  ...

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  ...

Announcement – Konrad repository 29 November 2017: Information meeting “Subject: Konrad – Status of construction” The Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH (BGE) hosted a public event at the Info  ...

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  ...

press release 07/25 - BGE Jürgen Korth takes over as Technical Managing Director of the Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) on 1 July 2025. The 59-year-old was most recently Director of  ...