On 25 April 2017, the operator responsibilities for the Asse II mine as well as the Konrad and Morsleben repositories were transferred to the Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH, BGE). This website of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) will therefore no longer be updated and displays the status as on 24 April 2017. You will find current information at the BGE: www.bge.de

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Asse mine Wanted: Taking over responsibility

Despite great political and societal agreement upon the burdens of a failed handling of nuclear wastes using the example of the Asse mine, the successful management of the challenges ahead requires broad and public support. "What I am experiencing at present is that some discussions achieve the exact opposite of what the parties concerned actually want", Wolfram König, President of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) said. It could be observed how, in the end, an emotional outrage leads to a situation where objective and solution-oriented discussions hardly stand any chance.

Asse mine Expert talk between BfS and AGO

Once more, experts of BfS and the Asse II Monitoring Group's expert panel (Working Group for Retrieval Options AGO) exchanged views on the topic of emergency planning on 9 November 2016. The talk took place with the participation of the constituency of Sigmar Gabriel, Member of the German Parliament.

Asse mine Test blasting in the vicinity of the Asse mine

With the help of smaller test blasts, the Asse-GmbH intends to determine further planning foundations for the construction of the planned recovery shaft. The blasts will consist of tests using small amounts of explosives which will only cause minimum ground motion. The measured data is necessary to explore as to whether and how it will be possible to construct the planned shaft 5 by blasting. Besides, the measurements will provide data as to how and whether the ground motion will affect the mine.

Asse mine Asse influent brine: BfS considers requirements for the facility’s further operation in the long term

For the long-term and safe operation of the mine it is imperative to remove the radiologically uncontaminated brine that is continuously flowing into the Asse mine. For this purpose, the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) is examining and considering several environmentally friendly variants. So far, the brine has been taken to the former Mariaglück mine near Celle. One out of several further options is to use already existing discharge points for brine. The BfS maintains such a facility at the former Gorleben exploratory mine on the river Elbe.

Asse mine Necessary stabilisation and safeguards measures approved

The Landesamt für Bergbau, Energie und Geologie (LBEG) approved the necessary measures to stabilise and safeguard the Asse mine on the 750-m level that were announced some months ago. Accordingly, galleries and cavities in the vicinity of the emplacement galleries are to be backfilled with special concrete. Among others, the stabilisation and safeguards measures are a prerequisite for retrieval.

Transfer of operator responsibilities

On 25 April 2017, the operator responsibilities for the Asse II mine as well as the Konrad and Morsleben repositories were transferred to the Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH, BGE). Previously, the responsibility for the projects was with the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS). The foundations for the change of operatorship are laid down in the "Act on the Realignment of the Organisational Structures in the Field of Radioactive Waste Disposal", which became effective on 30 July 2016. The BfS focusses on the federal tasks of radiation protection, for example in the field of defence against nuclear hazards, medical research, mobile communication, UV protection or the measuring networks for environmental radioactivity.

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