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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Hoisting plant shaft Konrad 1

Refurbishment works on the Konrad 1 headframe

The Konrad mine is currently being converted into the first repository for low-level and intermediate-level radioactive waste under nuclear law. It has two shafts. Later on, it is planned to transport radioactive waste into the repository via shaft Konrad 2. Shaft Konrad 1 will not be used for emplacement operations later on but for the transport of material and staff for conventional mining. The listed headframe which is part of the shaft Konrad 1 will shortly be refurbished.

more2011.11.28
Konrad 1 shaft in Salzgitter-Bleckenstedt

Water right: Supervisory authorisation given by NLWKN

The plan-approval decision for the Konrad repository includes more than 500 collateral clauses, one of which deals with a specific approval of the water authorities. It limits the amount of non-radioactive, damaging substances contained in the radioactive waste.

more2011.04.11
A wet place underground. The deep water originates from the time many million years ago when the geological layers deposited

Formation water in Konrad

A clay layer seals the repository from the groundwater. Existing waters are inclusions from the ore deposit’s time of origin.

more2011.03.10
Surface facilities at Konrad Shaft 2

Who is responsible for alterations at Konrad requiring planning permission?

There is a lot of above-ground work to be done at Konrad 1 and Konrad 2. The question who gives the planning permission for alterations, whether this is to be the federal state of Lower Saxony or the city of Salzgitter, had not been clarified for a long time among the federal state and the city.

more2011.03.09
The removal of warfare agents on Konrad 2

Stick-type Incendiary Bomb Removed from the Konrad Repository Premises

Salzgitter – When looking for warfare agents on the premises of the future Konrad repository in Salzgitter, a so-called stick-type incendiary bomb weighing approximately two kilograms has now been found for the first time.

more2009.03.31

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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