On behalf of the federal government, the BGE is responsible for the permanent storage of radioactive waste deep underground. Find out more about its structure, organization, tasks and projects here.

International collaboration

Here you can find all of the BGE’s press releases regarding its projects.

Announcements and press releases

Radioactive waste

Radioactive waste

In Germany, radioactive waste is to be stored in repositories deep below the earth’s surface. These pages set out where radioactive waste arises, as well as what quantities and types exist.

Background information

Product control

Repository search

The selection of a repository site for high-level radioactive waste in Germany is being carried out as a science-based, transparent and learning process. There are three eligible types of host rock.

Sub-areas interim report

Deep underground, the Asse II mine stores 47,000 cubic metres of low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste. This is not a safe place for the waste to be. It must be retrieved, and the mine must then be decommissioned in accordance with the BGE’s legal mandate. Here, we provide an overview.

Short information

Asse II mine info centre and public tours

At the Konrad mine in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony, work is currently underway on building Germany’s first repository for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste to be licensed under nuclear law.

Short information

Info centre and tours

The Morsleben repository is the first German repository that is to be decommissioned in accordance with nuclear law and with the low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste left in place.

Short information

Info Morsleben and public tours

Main topic: Stability

The Gorleben mine

The BGE has been mandated to close the Gorleben mine. This page provides information on the Gorleben project.

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 the BGE and its tasks. By adding new features and content it is continuously extended. The BGE is in the development stage. Its task is to search a suitable site for a repository for especially heat-generating radioactive waste. Later on it will take over the construction and operation of the repository. Furthermore, the BGE operates the Asse II mine, the Konrad repository, and the Morsleben repository. More information on the Asse II mine, the Konrad repository and the Morsleben repository can be found on the archived websites of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection.

Neue Internetseite der BGE

Neue Internetseite der BGE

New website of the BGE

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