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  ...

Announcement 20 May 2017: Man haulage currently not possible at Asse 2 shaft A precautionary control of the rope at the Asse II mine 's main shaft – shaft 2 -, has shown today that the rope's  ...

Announcement - Asse II mine 2 May 2017: Stabilisation measures on the second southern driftway on the 750-m level completed The retrieval of the radioactive waste from the Asse II mine requires  ...

Main topic: Evaluation of the safety requirements for the Konrad repository The Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) is responsible for the construction and operation of the Konrad repository for  ...

Announcement 25 April 2017 – New BGE website online Welcome to the website of BGE (the federally-owned company responsible for radioactive waste disposal). The website provides basic information on  ...

Compliance The BGE is unreservedly committed to compliance with the law. Indeed, acting in accordance with the law is a matter of course for the BGE – not only as a federal company. The Management  ...

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

Radioactive waste in the Asse II mine From 1967 to 1978, around 47,000 cubic metres of low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste were emplaced in the mine according to information from the former  ...

Licensing of the Konrad repository The Konrad repository in Salzgitter was licensed as part of a procedure that took around 20 years to complete. This is the first time that such a comprehensive  ...