On Wednesday, 18 October 2023, drilling work will commence on the Remlingen 18 exploratory borehole. The area to the east of the Asse II mine is fundamentally suitable as a site for the Asse 5 shaft,  ...
Radioactive waste in the Morsleben repository During emplacement operations, almost 37,000 cubic metres of low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste were placed in final disposal. Around 60% of  ...
History of the Morsleben repository The Morsleben repository had a turbulent history prior to becoming the GDR’s central repository for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste in 1971. On  ...
Decommissioning of the Morsleben repository The Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) wants to decommission the Morsleben repository with the emplaced waste left in place. An application to carry  ...
Radioactive waste for the Konrad repository The Konrad repository is licensed for a volume of 303,000 cubic metres of packaged low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste (according to the licence:  ...
History of the Konrad repository The Konrad mine is a disused iron-ore mine in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony. The process of obtaining a licence for its use as a repository for low- and intermediate-level  ...
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  ...
Asse II mine Located in the district of Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, the Asse II mine stores 47,000 cubic metres of low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste deep underground. This is not a safe  ...
The Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH (BGE) has taken the first key step towards the closure of the Gorleben mine by awarding a contract to backfill the cavities using salt stored at the  ...
Konrad information centre The Konrad information centre is the BGE’s information centre for the Konrad repository. It is centrally and conveniently located in the pedestrian area of  ...