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  ...

When will Konrad be finished? A report by an expert body in 2017 points to the first half of 2027 as the completion date, taking account of the uncertainties that can be assessed. In particular,  ...

Main topic: The Konrad repository – a multigenerational project Twenty years ago, the State of Lower Saxony issued a licence for the construction of the Konrad repository. This decision was not  ...

Main topic: Konrad on the home straight As work progresses on the Konrad repository, a key building block of the National Waste Management Programme for radioactive waste is becoming a reality. The  ...

Short Information about the Konrad repository The Konrad repository is located in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony. It is the first repository licensed under nuclear law in Germany, with a licence for the  ...

Invitations to tender We are searching a repository site for mainly heat-generating radioactive waste. Invitations to tender will be published on our German site: Ausschreibungen (Invitations to  ...

News The Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) is responsible for the safe disposal of radioactive waste deep underground in Germany. This includes not only low- and intermediate-level radioactive  ...

The Gorleben mine The Gorleben salt dome is located in the municipality of Gorleben in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district of north-east Lower Saxony. East of the River Elbe, the dome continues as the  ...

Site selection procedure The site selection procedure is based on the Repository Site Selection Act (StandAG), which sent the search for a repository site for high-level radioactive waste in Germany  ...

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  ...