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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The emplacement

The planned Konrad repository

Germany has decided in favour of maintenance-free and safe radioactive waste disposal in deep, stable geological formations. Repositories in deep geological formations such as the Konrad repository are located several hundred metres below the earth's surface and are isolated from the biosphere over long periods of time.

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Schematic view of the storage galleries of a storage field

Underground facilities

Preparations for the emplacement of low-level and intermediate-level radioactive waste to come are also being made underground. For this purpose, many mine openings still need to be driven more than 800 metres below the earth’s surface.

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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.

Location of the Konrad mine

Facilities at the surface

The surface installations of the Konrad mine in Salzgitter-Bleckenstedt were built prior to shaft sinking or immediately thereafter in the 1950s and 1960s. Since 2007, comprehensive building measures have been carried out for the construction of the repository.

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In the reloading hall an overhead crane picks up the waste packages from the freight car

Planned emplacement

Many preparations still need to be made before emplacement can start. Once this has been done, emplacement operations will take place according to a set scale.

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