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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Environmental monitoring: Map of measuring probes in the vicinity of the Asse repository

Radiation protection New measuring point in Osterwieck-Lüttgenrode

People living in the vicinity of Asse can check for themselves on the internet where radioactive materials in the environment are registered.The Federal Office for Radiation Protection has now installed a new probe to the south of the Asse repository in Saxony-Anhalt Osterwieck-Lüttgenrode. All probes have been set up as a confidence-building measure upon request of the population. So far, according to the BfS radiation protection experts, no probe has shown noticeable deviations from the normal radiation level.

more2012.03.28

Asse mine Rural district of Wolfenbüttel supports works for exploratory drilling for shaft 5

The Federal Office for Radiation Protection expressly appreciates the support provided by the rural district of Wolfenbüttel in terms of the works on the exploratory drilling for the new shaft 5. As the local nature conservation authority, the rural district of Wolfenbüttel issued a dispensation for the Asse GmbH to carry out the exploratory drilling in the landscape protection area.

more2012.02.21
The warning sign for radioactivity inside the Asse repository

Radiation protection Asse-GmbH mounts additional warning signs for radioactivity inside the repository

Currently the Asse-GmbH provides all apparatuses, devices, containers and rooms in the Asse repository with a warning sign for radioactivity, even if only small amounts of radioactive substances could exist there. No enhanced risk underground is associated with this additional labelling. Rather the Asse-GmbH is implementing requirements resulting from the mine being now operated under nuclear law.

more2012.01.03

Asse mine Current situation of the Asse from a mining point of view

Regarding the decommissioning of the Asse mine, the objective is the long-term safety of man and environment in terms of impacts from the radioactive waste stored in the mine. According to the latest findings, this can only be achieved by retrieving the waste stored in the Asse mine. This evaluation is based on a comparison of different decommissioning options, in which, as a result of previously determined scientific criteria that had also been discussed with the public, one arrived at this conclusion at the beginning of 2010. In terms of this assessment nothing has changed.

more2011.12.22

Asse mine BfS briefs Asse Accompanying Group about the status of works in the trial phase (fact finding)

It will not be possible to carry out the drilling into emplacement chamber 7 in this year. The Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) briefed the accompanying group on this topic and explained the reasons. The implementation of the requirements contained in the licence according to Article 9 Atomic Energy Act (AtG) granted by the federal state of Lower Saxony for carrying out step 1 of the trial phase (fact finding) demands more time.

more2011.12.02

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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