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.

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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.

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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 – Konrad repository

23 May 2017: Konrad waste acceptance requirements revision 03 withdrawn

The waste acceptance requirements for radioactive waste to be disposed of in the Konrad repository, revision 03, (waste acceptance requirements, as of February 2017) were withdrawn on 19 May 2017. Upon closer inspection, there is need for further testing. Until further notice, the waste acceptance requirements revision 02 of December 2014 shall apply. The waste acceptance requirements for the Konrad repository were developed within the framework of the plan-approval procedure on the basis of results from a site-specific safety assessment. They include general requirements for waste packages but also specific requirements for waste forms and waste containers as well as activity limits for individual radionuclides and mass limits for non-radioactive harmful substances. Requirements for the documentation and the delivery of waste packages were included as a supplement. The binding Konrad waste acceptance requirements were laid down with the plan-approval decision (PFB) in May 2002.

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