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  ...

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  ...

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  ...

Research Research and development are important components for the successful implementation of the search for a repository site and the development of repository concepts for heat-generating  ...

Press release No. 12/23 - Repository Search Although many people consider the subject of nuclear energy closed since the last German nuclear power plants went offline in spring 2023, the opposite is  ...

Press release No. 02/24 - Repository Search High-level radioactive waste generates heat due to the high level of radiation energy. There are limits to the level that this heat is permitted to reach  ...

Press release No. 03/24 - Asse As early as 2023, the Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) observed irregularities in the collection of non-radioactive salt water volumes entering the facility. It  ...

Press release No. 01/24 - BGE On 12 March 2024, Dr Jan-Niclas Gesenhues took over as Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE). The Parliamentary State Secretary  ...

Press release No. 14/23 - Konrad Repository The applicants now have eight weeks to formulate a response, after which the Environment Minister of Lower Saxony will present the final decision. The  ...