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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Statements and comments on the Konrad repository

Current debates and events that affect the Konrad repository: statements and comments by BfS spokespersons on current issues.

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statement Option for a central receiving storage facility for low- and intermediate-level radioactive wastes

Among other things, the Draft Act on the "Rearrangement of Responsibility of Nuclear Waste Management", which was passed by the Federal Cabinet on 19 October 2016, regulates the transition of operator responsibility for radioactive waste interim storage facilities from the utilities to the federal government. Besides, the Draft Act contains an option for a central receiving storage facility for low- and intermediate-level radioactive wastes from nuclear power plants that are planned to be emplaced in the Konrad repository. Concerns have been voiced in Salzgitter that, in addition to the repository planned so far, such a receiving storage facility might be erected at the mine site. As operator of the repository project, the BfS makes the following statement.

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Aerial photography of Konrad 1

comment Safety issues or mock attacks? On the "scandal" during the BfS expert workshop on 28 April 2016

Do the safety issues with regard to the planned Konrad repository really exist and have to be taken seriously or are they only used as an excuse on account of the project being basically rejected, irre-spective of the licence granted? As operator of the facility, the BfS had invited about 100 experts to a workshop in order to discuss on a professional basis the existing concept on how to proceed. However, instead of contributing to the discussions about safety issues, the city and citizens’ initiatives demanded that the known political claims be read out. The organiser refused this. What follows is a staged outrage.

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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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