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 The Federal Office for Radiation Protection gives the following statement on the "Stern" article of 15 April 2009 "There Is also arsenic in the Asse nuclear repository":

Radioactive waste basically also includes chemic-toxic material such as arsenic, quicksilver, and lead. The former operator of the facility made enquiries for the waste disposed of in the Asse according to which the total quantities of arsenic reported in the “Stern” article were assessed.

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press release BfS confronts citizens’ questions

BfS staff is available for interested citizens for questions and discussions, also during candle-lit demonstration. You will find staff of the Konrad and Asse operator as contact persons at the central places of the candle-lit demonstration in the Asse information centre directly at the repository site and in front of the Konrad mine as well as in the Konrad information centre in Salzgitter-Lebenstedt.

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press release Contaminated brine was already pumped off in 1988

Much earlier than previously known, radioactively contaminated brines were pumped off the so-called “brine swamp” in front of emplacement chamber 12 of the Asse II mine. They were taken to higher-located parts of the mine which were previously considered to be not contaminated with these brines. That is the result of enquiries made by the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS).

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press release Influent saline solutions do not pose danger to man and environment

The Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) resumes the transport of the saline solutions flowing into the Asse mine to the abandoned Mariaglück mine near Höfer in the rural district of Celle. The Mariaglück operator, Kali und Salz AG, agreed on accepting again the saline solutions for being disposed of in the mine and had given its consent to a corresponding contract.

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press release Experts: Stability provided for until 2020

According to more recent calculations, the Asse nuclear repository’s stability is provided for until 2020 unless the inflow of saline water increases. This is the result of an expert discussion initiated by the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS).

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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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