Announcement 22 June 2017: Asse brine: Waste management options extended It has been possible to ensure the necessary management of the Asse brine, which is of no radiological concern, with another  ...

Announcement - Asse II mine 6 June 2017 - Normal operation resumed after replacement of rope This Tuesday, the normal operation of the Asse II mine could be fully resumed after having replaced a rope  ...

Announcement - Asse II mine 23 November 2017: Values measured in the evacuated inflow waters. Roughly 12.5 cubic metres of saline influent waters are collected in the Asse II mine every day. The  ...

Announcement 02. June 2017: Infomobil tour 2017 – interim balance Announcement 2 June 2017: Infomobil tour 2017 – interim balance The tour of the BGE's infomobil goes into halftime break. From 10 May  ...

Announcement 3 May 2017 – Seasonal start of the BGE infomobil on Wednesday, 10 May 2017 On Wednesday, 10 May 2017, the BGE starts this year's infomobil season. With our infomobil we visit the local  ...

Main topic: stability The mine cavities of the Morsleben repository are stable. This stability is of vital importance for the safety of staff working underground and ensures not only the immediate  ...

Treatment, packaging and storage The handling of radioactive materials is strictly regulated in Germany. Wherever radioactive waste arises, it must be collected, sorted and professionally packaged.  ...

Types of waste and how they are generated Radioactive materials are distinguished between low-, intermediate-, and high-level radioactivity. Other factors such as the half-life for decay or the  ...

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  ...

Stakeholders and tasks A large number of stakeholders are involved in the search for a repository for high-level radioactive waste. At this point, we would like to introduce the most important  ...