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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Works for safe decommissioning

The drilling device is set up in the work area in front of emplacement chamber 7

Transport of the drilling device to the work area Transport of the drilling device to the work areaTransport of the drilling device to the work area

With extreme care Asse staff took the drilling device to its future operational site in front of emplacement chamber 7.

A Diesel driven forklift initially transported the drilling device into the steep inclining emplacement chamber 5. Then the device was lifted by a smaller forklift with electric drive and taken via the lock to its future operational site.

The drilling device is set down in the work area in front of emplacement chamber 7 The drilling device is set down in the work area in front of emplacement chamber 7The drilling device is set down in the work area in front of emplacement chamber 7

Once the tent construction separating the radiation protection area from the residual mine has been completed, the interior fittings of the work area will be carried out in the weeks to come and the measurement containers will be equipped.

State of 2011.10.25

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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