Actors and responsibilities Article 73(1) of the German Constitution, the Basic Law, gives the Federal government exclusive legislative power with respect to the disposal of radioactive substances.  ...
To find out whether an area in Germany is a sub-area or is not a candidate repository site, please use the postcode or location search (magnifying glass symbol) at the top right of our interactive  ...
Planning-scientific weighing criteria If an underground inspection is not sufficient alone, further checks must be carried out above ground. The planning-scientific weighing criteria (planWK) are an  ...
History of the search for repositories The search for a repository for radioactive waste, especially heat-generating waste, is not new. The following selected milestones provide an overview of the  ...
Information centres and underground tours The BGE information centres provide information in situ about the retrieval of the radioactive waste from the Asse II mine, the construction of the Konrad  ...
BGE mission statement BGE staff members come from different backgrounds: geologists, mining technologists, engineers, economists, electronics technicians, communicators and many others. Some work  ...
BGE - 05.02.2025 In July, the BGE is getting a new Technical Managing Director On 1 July 2025, Jürgen Korth will assume the position of Technical Managing Director of the Bundesgesellschaft für  ...