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Roof break-up in the Asse mine

In the Asse mine, a roof between two cavities the major part of which is already backfilled with salt and where no radioactive waste is stored broke up. The cavities are situated on the 532-m level and on the 511-m level. Both 15-m high chambers have already been backfilled with ground salt (salt grit), so that the broken-up roof did not drop from a great height. Between the roof and the salt underneath a gap of about 30 to 60 cm had formed over the years. There is no acute danger. No seismic activity was detected. The roof break-up is continued to be observed. Experts examined whether one needs to carry out stabilisation measures there.

State of 2009.10.08

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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