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The Federal Office for Radiation Protection gives the following statement on the "Stern" article of 15 April 2009 "There Is also arsenic in the Asse nuclear repository":

Year of issue 2009
Date 2009.04.15

Radioactive waste basically also includes chemic-toxic material such as arsenic, quicksilver, and lead. The former operator of the facility made enquiries for the waste disposed of in the Asse according to which the total quantities of arsenic reported in the "Stern" article were assessed. They additionally indicate that arsenic-containing pesticides were emplaced.

For the safe enclosure of the Asse it is essential to register and evaluate all substances as completely as possible. Against this background, too, BfS currently performs a fundamental re-evaluation of the waste emplaced in the Asse and supplementing enquiries.

State of 2009.04.15

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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