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 – Asse II mine

26 June 2017: Documents published on Asse-Internetplatform

Paragraph 57b, 8 Atomic Act (AtG) provides for the publication of essential documents, concerning the Asse II mine. The Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH (BGE) has published essential documents fort he first time. The documents are only available in German:

Official correspondence

• Schreiben LBEG. Wesentliche Veränderungen bei Zutrittslösung (as at 18.07.2013)

Measurement results & analysis: Release and disposal

• Jahresmeldung Radioaktive Abfälle 2017 gemäß § 72, Satz 1, Nr. 2a StrSchV (as at 17.02.2017) • Jahresmeldung Radioaktive Abfälle 2016 gemäß § 72, Satz 1, Nr. 2b StrSchV (as at 14.03.2017)

Measurement results & analysis: Site monitoring

• Meldung Nr. 001/2017 über meldepflichtige Ereignisse auf der Schachtanlage Asse II (as at 09.01.2017) • Anlage 1 zur Strahlenschutzordnung der Schachtanlage Asse II. Strahlenschutzbereiche, Verdachtsflächen und Einlagerungsbereiche (as at 14.12.2016) • Jahresbericht 2015 über das radiologische Salzlösungsmonitoring im Rahmen des betrieblichen Strahlenschutzes der Schachtanlage Asse II (as at 06.12.2016) • Radiologische Überwachung der Grubenwetter der Schachtanlage Asse II. Berichtszeitraum Januar - August 2016 (as at 22.11.2016) • Radiologische Überwachung der Grubenwetter der Schachtanlage Asse II. Berichtszeitraum Januar - April 2016 (as at 09.11.2016) • Radiologische Überwachung der Grubenwetter der Schachtanlage Asse II. Berichtszeitraum Januar - Februar 2016 (as at 24.10.2016)

Studies and expert opinions

• Technische Beschreibung zur Emissions- und Immissionsüberwachung der Schachtanlage Asse II (as at 02.11.2016) • Sachstand zur Umsetzung der Vorsorgemaßnahmen in der Schachtanlage Asse II - 3. Quartal 2016 (as at 28.10.2016) • Ergebnisbericht zu geophysikalischen Bohrlochmessungen in der Erkundungsbohrung B7/750-A1 auf der 750-m-Sohle in Richtung Einlagerungskammer (ELK) 7/750 (as at 30.09.2016) • Studie zur Eignungsfähigkeit und zum Entwicklungs-Bedarf von Gerätschaften/Werkzeugen für den Einsatz in der Schachtanlage Asse II. Zusatz zum Abschlussbericht - Versuch der Fernhantierung (as at29.07.2016)

Links on the topic

Survey of all essential documents
Survey of all announcements and press releases of the BGE