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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Publication Konrad short brochure (in German)

The Konrad short brochure "Konrad - Deutschlands erstes nach Atomgesetz genehmigtes Endlager für schwach- und mittelradioaktive Abfälle" gives a short survey about the relevant topics of the future Konrad repository.

Publication Konrad repository. Answers to the most frequently asked questions. (In German)

Why there is a need for radioactive waste repositories in Germany? How radioactive waste for the Konrad repository is packed and controlled? How the waste gets to the Konrad repository and underground? How it is managed in Germany and abroad? How the radioactive waste is currently stored? How the Konrad ore deposit became a repository? Why the Konrad mine is suitable to host a repository? All these and other questions are answered in this brochure.

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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