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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press release Expert report on chamber 4 in the Asse repository: Structural collapse would not release radioactivity

Even if pieces of rock fallen down destroyed the drums containing low-level radioactive waste stored in chamber 4 of the Asse II repository, no radioactivity would be released into the mine. The already existing sealing of chamber 4 would not be damaged by the increased air pressure. This proves a rock-mechanic expert report developed by the Institute of Rock Mechanics (IFG Leipzig) on behalf of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS).

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press release Following leakage of saline solutions, BfS lowers water level in interim reservoir

During the preparation of the new management of the influent saline solutions in the Asse II mine water leaked from an interim reservoir on the 658-m level. The saline solutions which had no contact to radioactive waste were collected beside the reservoir.

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press release BfS is going to enforce sealing of chamber 4 of the Asse mine

By way of precaution, the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), intends to stabilise the sealing of emplacement chamber 4 of the Asse II mine with concrete. Today, BfS requested consent to the procedure by the competent Landesamt für Bergbau, Energie und Geologie (LBEG) and by Repository Surveillance. Repository Surveillance has already given its consent.

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press release BfS objects to criticism of Lower Saxony Environment Ministry

The Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) makes the following statement on the allegations that BfS did not in time inform the general public and the Lower Saxony Environment Ministry about the rock-mechanical situation in chamber 4 on the Asse mine’s 750-m lelve: The allegations are not justified.

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press release The public are comprehensively informed about all steps

“The safety of man and environment is the criterion for closing Asse," Wolfram König, President of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) said today on the occasion of opening the Asse Info Centre that has been established next to the Asse mine in Remlingen and which is open to all citizens.

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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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