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Lower Saxon federal state collecting depot plans to have contaminated brine processed in Brunswick by way of trial

To open chamber 12 in the scope of the fact finding (trial phase) around 80 cubic metres of brine need to be removed. According to legal regulations it is incumbent upon the federal state of Lower Saxony to take the contaminated brines into the federal state collecting depot. The Lower Saxon Environment Ministry commissions companies to deal with this task. The Federal Office for Radiation Protection does not have any influence on this form of contract with third parties. The Lower Saxon Environment Ministry intends to commission a branch of Eckert & Ziegler based in Brunswick with processing the contaminated brine.

The Federal Office for Radiation Protection, however, does not have any contractual obligations with this company.

State of 2011.06.21

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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