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On current reports of high-active waste in the Asse repository:

Referring to an accompanying list of radioactive waste in the Asse repository from 1977, once again the question was raised whether there are high-active substances stored in the mine, besides the known low and medium-active waste. The radioactive waste stated on the accompanying list is known and part of the ongoing safety assessments carried out by the Federal Office for Radiation Protection.

Under the current international classifications as well as the classifications applied at the time, the containers are classified as medium-active waste.

The ongoing review of the waste inventory has so far given no indication for waste that is de facto high-active waste.

As the BfS does not have comprehensive data about the waste stored in the Asse repository, safety guidelines, which take these uncertainties into account, must be applied for all planned retrieval activities.

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State of 2010.10.28

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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