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  ...
Press release No. 02/26 - Repository search The Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) will publish the next work statuses from the representative preliminary safety analyses (rvSU) in autumn 2026,  ...
Press release No. 18/25 - Asse On 19 November 2025, the Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) used a camera to look into emplacement chamber 8a at the 511-metre level for the first time in several  ...
Tasks BGE is looking for a site for a repository for high-level radioactive waste that will guarantee the best possible safety for one million years and operates the Konrad and Morsleben final  ...
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Supervisory board The members of the Supervisory Board of the BGE were appointed by Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze for a four-year term in office. The current 14 members advise and  ...
Actors and tasks The Basic Law gives the federal government exclusive legislative power with respect to the disposal of radioactive substances. This stipulation is found in Article 73(1). The  ...