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 Preliminary work for drilling into the first emplacement chamber

With the so-called cold trial, the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) commenced the preliminary underground work for drilling into the first emplacement chamber. This is to lay the foundations for a safe retrieval of the radioactive and chemo-toxic wastes from the Asse repository. The term ‘cold trial’ refers to the drilling into the salt rock under realistic conditions at a location where neither radioactive nor chemo-toxic wastes are stored. When all authorities involved act in concert, i.e. in particular when all licences have been granted duly, the first emplacement chamber can be drilled into this year already.

press release BfS presents result of Comparison of Options for decommissioning Asse

According to the present state of knowledge, the best variant of how to further deal with the radioactive waste emplaced in the Asse II mine is retrieving the waste. This is the result of the comparison of options for decommissioning Asse.

press release Federal Office for Radiation Protection informs with new website about Asse II repository

To be able to provide even more information about what is going on in the Asse II repository, the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) has established a new, clearly arranged website. From now on, you will find everything worth knowing on the status of work and planning relating to the decommissioning of Asse II at www.endlager-asse.de.

press release Experts present feasibility studies

Today, the experts charged by the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) present the results of their feasibility studies for the decommissioning of the Asse II mine. Under discussion are the retrieval of the radioactive waste, their relocation into deeper areas of Asse, or the complete backfilling of the facility with a special type of concrete. At the end of the year, BfS will determine the position of points as to which option should be pursued further.

press release How Is Asse to be decommissioned?

The Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) has now presented the evaluation criteria for finding the best option for decommissioning the Asse mine. Since nobody exactly knows how long the Asse II mine will still be accessible for a methodical closure, BfS must decide as quickly as possible how the radioactive waste repository can be decommissioned as safely as possible. It is the objective of BfS to select the best of three decommissioning options currently under discussion.

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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