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  ...
History of the Konrad repository The Konrad mine is a disused iron-ore mine in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony. The process of obtaining a licence for its use as a repository for low- and intermediate-level  ...
History of the Morsleben repository The Morsleben repository had a turbulent history prior to becoming the GDR’s central repository for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste in 1971. On  ...
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  ...
Morsleben information centre The Morsleben information centre is located in the immediate vicinity of the Morsleben repository. As well as housing an exhibition, the centre is also used to hold  ...
Konrad information centre The Konrad information centre is the BGE’s information centre for the Konrad repository. It is centrally and conveniently located in the pedestrian area of  ...
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  ...
International collaboration by the BGE The aims of international collaboration regarding the final disposal of radioactive waste are to learn from one another, to closely monitor the state of the art  ...
Invitations to tender We are searching a repository site for mainly heat-generating radioactive waste. Invitations to tender will be published on our German site: Ausschreibungen (Invitations to  ...
Main topic: Konrad on the home straight As work progresses on the Konrad repository, a key building block of the National Waste Management Programme for radioactive waste is becoming a reality. The  ...