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Piece of rock fell from the roof on the 750-m level

No danger for workers

On the occasion of a control of the stabilisation measures carried out in front of chamber 10 on the 750-m level it was detected on the evening of 15 August 2013 that a rock measuring about 20 cubic metres and being 40,000 kilograms heavy got loose and dropped into the area to be backfilled.

The area had been confined so that a danger for the workers did not exist at any time. No damage has occurred at the equipment used for the backfilling, so that the works may carry on.

The exact cause of this drop is currently under investigation. The State Mining Authority was immediately notified about the incident.

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State of 2013.08.16

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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