Announcements and press releases

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

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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.

No. 06/20 - 90 sub-areas throughout Germany

Three years after the start of the site selection process for a repository for high-level radioactive waste, the BGE presents the sub-areas interim report.

No. 5/20 - World-class engineering services “made in Peine”

The BGE subsidiary BGE Technology GmbH turns 20.

Die sogenannten Reichelt-Sümpfe in der Schachtanlage Asse II

No. 4/20 - “Reichelt swamps” at a depth of 750 metres are backfilled

Progress in the Asse emergency planning: the BGE has started to backfill the “Reichelt swamps” of the Asse II mine in Remlingen.

Prepared drilling sites on the Asse withing a forest area

No. 3/20 - Exploratory drilling to start in October 2020

Work has begun on exploratory drilling at Asse. Drilling sites are prepared so that the drilling rig can be set up safely.

Measuring area of the 3D seismic survey on the Asse

No. 10/19 - Start of the 3D seismic survey

What does it look like under the Asse mountain range? In order enable the BGE to precisely plan the retrieval of radioactive waste from the Asse II mine, it has planned a large 3D seismic measurement campaign for this autumn.

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