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). This website of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) will therefore no longer be updated and displays the status as on 24 April 2017. You will find current information at the BGE: www.bge.de

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Article INFO KONRAD welcomes 30,000 visitor

On 19th May 2015, Arthur Junkert, Manager of INFO KONRAD, welcomed Elisabeth Kollien from the Lower Saxon community of Weyhe as the 30,000 visitor to the information centre.

Article Pursuing the progress in constructing the repository to scale

Those looking for information about the planned Konrad repository for waste with negligible heat generation and intermediate-level radioactive waste find a bulk of material at the information centre Chemnitzer Straße. Among others, a scale model of the future repository documents the construction progress.

Article Updated exhibition at the Info Konrad information centre

The update does not only include the exhibition modules but also the walls which have had a makeover, too. For example, the entrance to the cinema has been decorated as ventilation door (lock for fresh air undergrund) and one wall as repository chamber (see photo). Visitors have already given a lot of positive feedback of these updates.

Article Updated exhibition in the Konrad information centre

Dear visitors,
the refurbishment in the scope of the partial updating of the Konrad information centre has nearly concluded. As of now, the updated exhibition with new modules can be visited during the usual opening hours.

Article Lower Saxon Environment Minister Stefan Wenzel pays visit to Konrad mine

Following visits to Gorleben and Asse, the Lower Saxon Environment Minister, Stefan Wenzel, also paid a visit to the Konrad mine in Lower Saxony.

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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