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Fluctuations in inflow of saline solutions to the Asse mine continue

Update of 29 September 2009

Meanwhile, this inflow of saline solutions has decreased to the former level of about 10.4 cubic metres per day. Possible fluctuations are being observed.

The fluctuations in the inflow of saline solutions to the Asse mine continue.

Asse GmbH announced this morning that the inflow of saline solutions had again increased. At the main point of inflow on the 658-m level, there was an inflow of saline solutions amounting to 11.4 cubic metres in the past 24 hours. In the hourly measurements it was detected that the inflow of saline solutions had already decreased to 10.9 cubic metres at 9 a.m. Yesterday, 10.7 cubic metres were measured, on Saturday 10.2 cubic metres. The inflow of saline solutions is being intensively controlled and continuously evaluated. An increase in the saline solution volume does not have any safety-relevant effects on this level.
Fluctuations in the amounts of influent saline solutions can always occur. Ten days ago, likewise on the 658-m level, an increased volume of influent saline solutions amounting to 11.4 cubic metres was measured. This inflow of saline solutions already decreased to the previous low level of about 10.5 cubic metres per day.

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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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