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  ...

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  ...

The company The BGE is mandated by the Federal government to perform tasks in the disposal of radioactive waste. The federally-owned company was founded for this purpose in July 2016. The new company  ...

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  ...

Press release No. 10/23 - Asse On Wednesday, 18 October 2023, drilling work will commence on the Remlingen 18 exploratory borehole. The area to the east of the Asse II mine is fundamentally suitable  ...

574-site-search Preservation of a section as a place of remembrance The wall built around the Gorleben mine site will be demolished. A section of the wall will be preserved as a place of remembrance  ...