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  ...

Radioactive waste in the Morsleben repository During emplacement operations, almost 37,000 cubic metres of low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste were placed in final disposal. Around 60% of  ...

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  ...

BGE – the Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal The Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) is a Federally-owned company that is responsible, on behalf of the Federal government, for the  ...

Our sites The headquarters of the BGE is in Peine. There are other locations in Salzgitter and Berlin (liaison office). Headquarters Peine Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH Eschenstraße 55 31224  ...

Questions and answers regarding the Konrad repository and the evaluation What is the Konrad repository? Since April 2017, the Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) has been responsible for the  ...

Questions and answers The Konrad mine is the first repository for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste to be licensed in Germany in accordance with the Atomic Energy Act. Project Konrad is a  ...

Konrad repository At the Konrad mine in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony, work is underway on the construction of Germany’s first repository for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste to be licensed  ...

Actors and tasks in relation to the Konrad repository Article 73(1) of the Basic Law gives the federal government exclusive legislative power with respect to the disposal of radioactive substances.  ...