BGR “does not generally rule out the sinking of a shaft at the site”

In its press release the Federal Institute of Geosciences and Natural Resources states:

“The geological analysis of the BGR of the exploration drilling for shaft 5 (Remlingen 15) at the Asse repository site shows that this drilling has not encountered the expected older rock salt layers but younger layer sequences of rock salt. This would mean that the drilling encountered the margin of the Asse's salt structure and that the dimensions of the salt body are smaller than expected. However, this does not generally rule out the sinking of a shaft at the site.
A final statement on the Asse’s salt structure can only be given once the geochemical examinations and other underground geo-radar measurements and, if required, further underground drillings have been completed.“

Previously, the BfS had stated on 15 May 2015:

So far there are no new elements indicating that the site explored would be unsuitable for the sinking of another shaft. Statements of the BGR on the general unsuitability of the site for the planned recovery shaft are scientifically-technically untenable.