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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Statements and comments on the Asse II mine

Current debates and events that affect the Asse II mine: statements and comments by BfS spokespersons on current issues.

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statement Information on the Asse inventory

The information given by the Lower Saxon Environment Ministry (NMU) in a letter to the 21st parliamentary committee of inquiry of the Lower Saxon Landtag relating to the Asse inventory does not correspond with the current state of knowledge. The information had been taken from an interim report of the TÜV Süd. The Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) had already pointed out to the Asse committee of inquiry that the information was of a preliminary nature. More recent results of the TÜV Süd show that they need to be revised downwards.

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statement On the article "Ball-shaped fuel elements from Jülich Research Center missing", the BfS states the following:

The Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) was transferred the responsibility for the Asse repository in 2009. It cannot be seen from the documents of the former Asse operator, HelmholzZentrum München (HMGU) that the 2,285 radioactive ball-shaped fuel elements from the decommissioned Jülich Test Reactor that are now missing have been stored in the Asse mine. It is not comprehensible that the operator of the Jülich facility and the federal state supervision are not in a position to provide information as to the whereabouts of the spent fuel elements.

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statement Summarised comments of the BfS on the report of Helmholtz Zentrum München, PG Jüclih "AG Asse Inventory – Final Report"

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Background On the article "Kissenbrück wants to remain autonomous"

In the article "Kissenbrück wants to remain autonomous" of 8 July 2010, Wolfenbütteler Nachrichten reported about a possible fusion of the "Samtgemeinde (joint community) Asse" with another joint community. In this context it was also mentioned that there were concerns that the drinking water of the Samtgemeinde Kissenbrück might be contaminated on account of the community’s vicinity to the Asse repository.

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Professional information ESK statement taken into account in BfS plans

The statement of the Waste Management Commission (ESK) on the retrieval of the radioactive wastes from the Asse mine contains nothing new for the Federal Office for Radiation Protection. The points contained therein are known and have already been included in the BfS planning. The open questions as regards content and state of the wastes were already mentioned by the BfS itself. They are the object of the phase referred to as fact-finding which has just been tackled, i.e. drilling into and opening two emplacement chambers.

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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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