Actors and responsibilities Article 73(1) of the Basic Law gives the federal government exclusive legislative power with respect to the disposal of radioactive substances. The responsibilities for  ...
Welcome to the BGE! Welcome to the homepage of the BGE, the federal company for radioactive waste disposal. On our website we publish our latest press releases and inform interested citizens and  ...
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 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  ...
Radioactive waste for the Konrad repository The Konrad repository is licensed for a volume of 303,000 cubic metres of packaged low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste (according to the licence:  ...
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  ...
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  ...
Asse II mine Located in the district of Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, the Asse II mine stores 47,000 cubic metres of low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste deep underground. This is not a safe  ...
Konrad information centre The Konrad information centre is the BGE’s information centre for the Konrad repository. It is centrally and conveniently located in the pedestrian area of  ...
Main topic: 3D seismic survey There’s an old miners’ saying that goes “It’s dark in front of the pick,” but it’s now possible to learn more about the course of geological layers without using a pick.  ...