Press releases

Press release – Have your say in the repository search: the younger generation is needed!

How does the repository search work? How can I get involved? The BASE and BGE invite young people to discuss this and much more. Three events will take place in May.

Press Release No. 5/21 – Digital event: How the repository search continues

Following the sub-areas interim report, the BGE is working with new methods and tools in order to find the best areas for exploration among the favourable ones.

Press Release No. 6/21 – Beate Kallenbach-Herbert leaves the BGE

The commercial managing director of the BGE moves to Jülich

An employee gets vaccinated against COVID-19.

Press release No. 7/21 – The BGE starts vaccination against COVID-19

Since 9 June 2021, the BGE has been offering its employees vaccinations against COVID-19. Employees who are unable to work from home will receive an offer first.

Press Release No. 8/21 – BGE receives the “Sicher mit System” seal of quality

On 23 June 2021, the BGE and BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH were awarded the “Sicher mit System” (SmS) seal of approval by the German Social Accident Insurance Institution for the raw materials and chemical industry (BG RCI).

Press Release No. 9/21 – The BGE develops practical methods for the further repository search

In the coming years, 90 sub-areas are to become a small number of siting regions. In order to be able to propose siting regions, the BGE is developing methods for identifying those siting regions that are favourable for final disposal.

BGE buys first plots for Asse retrieval shaft

The Lower Saxony State Forest is assisting the Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) by selling a plot of land for the retrieval of radioactive waste from the Asse II mine.

Invitation to take part in discussions regarding the retrieval of nuclear waste from the Asse mine

The first licensing procedure for the retrieval of radioactive waste from the Asse II mine has begun. The BGE is providing information and discussing the plans as part of an early public participation process.

Measuring area for the 3D seismic survey on the Asse hills

Press release No. 2/21 - State of the hiking trails

The BGE, the Lower Saxony State Forest, and the collective municipality of Elm-Asse discuss the state of the hiking trails following the 3D seismic survey.

No. 1/21 - Two new boreholes started at Asse

From February onwards, the Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) is expanding its exploratory work east of the Asse II mine. The two new boreholes will represent an important step towards the retrieval of radioactive waste, which is expected to begin in 2033.