Actors and responsibilities Article 73(1) of the German Constitution, the Basic Law, gives the Federal government exclusive legislative power with respect to the disposal of radioactive substances.  ...

To find out whether an area in Germany is a sub-area or is not a candidate repository site, please use the postcode or location search (magnifying glass symbol) at the top right of our interactive  ...

Planning-scientific weighing criteria If an underground inspection is not sufficient alone, further checks must be carried out above ground. The planning-scientific weighing criteria (planWK) are an  ...

Repository search In Germany, discussions about the “repository search” relate to the process of selecting a repository site for high-level radioactive waste. On this page : Video: Repository search  ...

Stakeholders and tasks A large number of stakeholders are involved in the search for a repository for high-level radioactive waste. At this point, we would like to introduce the most important  ...

History of the search for repositories The search for a repository for radioactive waste, especially heat-generating waste, is not new. The following selected milestones provide an overview of the  ...

Information centres and underground tours The BGE information centres provide information in situ about the retrieval of the radioactive waste from the Asse II mine, the construction of the Konrad  ...

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Site selection procedure The site selection procedure is based on the Repository Site Selection Act (StandAG), which sent the search for a repository site for high-level radioactive waste in Germany  ...

The Gorleben mine The Gorleben salt dome is located in the municipality of Gorleben in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district of north-east Lower Saxony. East of the River Elbe, the dome continues as the  ...