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Monika Hotopp - Spokesperson

Press office
Eschenstraße 55
31224 Peine

E-Mail: monika.hotopp(at)bge.de

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Sven Petersen - Spokesperson

Press office
Eschenstraße 55
31224 Peine

E-Mail: sven.petersen(at)bge.de

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Dagmar Dehmer – Manager of Corporate Communication

Berlin Office
Kurfürstendamm 170
10707 Berlin

E-Mail: dagmar.dehmer(at)bge.de

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Press releases

Press release No. 1 / 22 - Plans approved for waste treatment plant and interim storage facility at the Asse mine

The Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) has taken another step towards the retrieval of radioactive waste from the Asse II mine. On 20 December 2021, it contracted out the draft and licensing planning for the waste treatment plant and interim storage facility.

Press release: Gorleben mine to be closed

With the interim report of the Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH (BGE) on 28 September 2020, the Gorleben salt dome was eliminated from the repository search for geological reasons. Since then, the BGE and the Federal Environment Ministry (BMU) have been investigating how to proceed with the Gorleben mine in Lower Saxony. The BMU has now decided to commission the BGE with the decommissioning of the mine.

Press Release No. 10/21 – BGE site selection relies on Open Source

For safety analyses of a future repository for high-level radioactive nuclear waste, the BGE is developing numerical models with freely accessible software – and invites the public to join in.

Grafische Darstellung der Umladestation im Bergwerk Konrad

Press release 4/21 - Important milestone at the Konrad repository

During the construction of the Konrad repository in Salzgitter, miners from the BGE created the spatial conditions for the construction of the transfer station between the Konrad 2 shaft and the future repository mine.

Press Release No. 3/21 – Digital Future Day at BGE on 22 April 2021

On 22 April 2021, the BGE will offer all interested students the opportunity to learn about apprenticeships online. Registration is possible until 20 April.