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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Front page of "Insights into the Asse Mine 26"

Decommissioning Let’s talk about it

For over five years, each step of the safe decommissioning of the Asse mine has been debated – with the possibility for the public to participate intensely. In the most recent issue of Insights Into the Asse Mine you can read the evaluation of important local players: How do they evaluate what was achieved in the past years? Where do they see need for change? How can the participation of citizens be optimised? Still more affected by the Asse problems are the workers in the mine. The most recent issue of Insights Into the Asse Mine therefore portrays those who don't talk much about their job but do a lot for everyone's future.

more2014.10.04

BfS remediates gallery below 750-m level as a precaution

For safety reasons the Asse-GmbH has to remediate the road leading to the area below the 750-m level. The rock pressure might otherwise pose risks to the workers in the so-called spiral drift. That was the result of a report commissioned by the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS). To be able to access the levels below 750 metres also in the future, the Asse-GmbH will backfill the damaged area with concrete in the months to come and newly construct the required galleries. Project important for retrieval, such as the fact-finding, can be continued despite of ongoing works.

more2014.07.11
Front page of "Insights into the Asse Mine 25"

Asse mine Learning from experience

Learning from experience – that applies to both the restart of the nation-wide search for a repository for high-level radioactive waste and for the works currently being carried out at the Asse II min. The journalist Joachim Wille has been dealing with the topic of nuclear policy for years. For "Insights Into the Asse Mine", he looks back and shows what needs to be observed when the search for a radioactive waste repository is restarted and what can be learnt from the past. Even if the public sometimes does not notice: Works inside the mountain continue. Read more about the current status of works relating to the Trial Phase (fact-finding), the recovery shaft and the search for a site for the interim storage facility.

more2014.07.05

Radioactive waste Asse interim storage facility: BfS presents concept for a "fictitious site comparison" with respect to direct radiation

In a joint decision, the Asse Steering Group, consisting of representatives of the Federal Environment Ministry, the Asse 2 Accompanying Group and the BfS, agreed at the beginning of March 2014 to compare the direct radiation from an interim storage facility in normal operation for two fictitious sites at different distances from residential areas. It is assumed that all other criteria determined according to the BfS criteria report are assessed in a similar manner. The BfS has developed a concept as to what a "fictitious site comparison" could comprise.

more2014.05.08

Asse mine Spiral drift blocked on 637-m level

In the Asse II mine, the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) blocked the spiral drift below and above the road junction in a depth of 637 m as a preventive measure.

more2014.04.10

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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