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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Conveying plant and Asse 2 shaft hall

Asse mine BfS informs supervisory authorities about measured activity of a replaced filter

In September 2015, the Asse-GmbH detected during routine measurements that a filter for cleaning the exhaust air at the emplacement chamber for intermediate-level radioactive waste needed replacing. Over the years, radionuclides retained from the exhaust air concentrate inside the filter, so that the filter needs to be replaced in certain intervals.

more2016.07.13
Front page of the "Insights into the Asse Mine 31"

Asse mine Insights Into the Asse Mine on the topic of man and machine

The new edition of Insights Into the Asse Mine deals with our ambivalent relationship to technology. The task we are facing, recovering waste from the Asse mine, requires the use of machines. Among others, they are needed to protect the staff from radiation. At the same time, we have to bear in mind the risks. Without the human perspective, one would fail to discover that not only problems are associated with decommissioning but that also potential lies in it. In this "heap of innovations", know-how and technology are collected for the further handling of nuclear waste.

more2016.06.18
Headframe and shaft house shaft Asse 2

Asse mine Plans for the implementation of "Lex Asse" confirmed

Conditions have been fulfilled to carry on the works for both the search for a site of an Asse interim storage facility and further stabilisation and security measures inside the mine. Regarding both topics, the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) has presented studies examining and technically supporting the previously planned approach. The interim storage facility and the security of the 750-m level are further steps for the recovery of the waste.

more2016.05.06
Front page of the "Insights into the Asse Mine 30"

Asse mine Insights Into the Asse Mine on the subject of responsibility

To bear the consequences of one's actions – that is commonly understood when we talk about responsibility. Also with respect to the decommissioning of the Asse mine it is always about the major topic of responsibility. The latest issue of Insights Into the Asse Mine deals with this topic from different angles.

more2016.03.12
The Repository Commission views the Asse mine underground

Asse mine Repository Commission pays visit to Asse and Konrad mines

Members of the Repository Commission gathered information on the Asse mine on 8 February 2016 in Remlingen. The President of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), Wolfram König, provided information about the current status of works. However, the focus was mainly on the experiences the BfS gained in the past years in association with disposal.

more2016.02.08

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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