Konrad repository At the Konrad mine in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony, work is underway on the construction of Germany’s first repository for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste to be licensed  ...
Announcement – Konrad repository 29 November 2017: Information meeting “Subject: Konrad – Status of construction” The Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH (BGE) hosted a public event at the Info  ...
Announcement – Konrad repository 23 May 2017: Konrad waste acceptance requirements revision 03 withdrawn The waste acceptance requirements for radioactive waste to be disposed of in the Konrad  ...
Announcement – Konrad repository 4 May 2017: Landmark of Konrad mine scaffolded The listed winding tower, being the symbol of the Konrad mine beyond the city limits of Salzgitter, will be scaffolded  ...
Licensing of the Konrad repository Following the initial idea of using the Konrad mine as a repository for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste, it was a long time before implementation  ...
Licensing of the Konrad repository The Konrad repository in Salzgitter was licensed as part of a procedure that took around 20 years to complete. This is the first time that such a comprehensive  ...
Main topic: 3D seismic survey There’s an old miners’ saying that goes “It’s dark in front of the pick,” but it’s now possible to learn more about the course of geological layers without using a pick.  ...
Main topic: Evaluation of the safety requirements for the Konrad repository The Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) is responsible for the construction and operation of the Konrad repository for  ...
Main topic: The Konrad repository – a multigenerational project Twenty years ago, the State of Lower Saxony issued a licence for the construction of the Konrad repository. This decision was not  ...