Morsleben repository At the Morsleben repository, there are almost 37,000 cubic metres of low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste stored at a depth of some 480 metres. Morsleben is the first  ...

Current inventory Intermediate storage facilities and facilities commissioned by the state collection points currently hold over 130,000 cubic metres of radioactive waste. The volume of radioactive  ...

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.  ...

News The Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) is responsible for the safe and permanent storage of radioactive waste deep underground in Germany. This includes not only the final disposal of low-  ...

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  ...

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  ...

Main topic: The Konrad repository – a multigenerational project Twenty years ago, the State of Lower Saxony issued a licence for the construction of the Konrad repository. This decision was not  ...

Operational geomechanical monitoring in Morsleben The Morsleben repository is monitored from various different perspectives, including radiation protection, physical security and operational  ...

Unwanted changes: stabilisation measures for decommissioning What is the objective of the planned decommissioning of the Morsleben repository? It is imperative that the emplaced low- and  ...

Prevention of mining hazards in the central part On 30 November 2001 at 12:03 p.m., the Morsleben repository shook the local area. What had happened? In order to safely decommission a warning system  ...