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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Waste-specific secondary regulations and secondary regulations under water law relating to Konrad

The plan-approval decision for the Konrad repository contains the qualified permission issued under water law (GWE), which is laid down in Annex 4. It limits the volume of non-radioactive, damaging substances contained in the radioactive waste to be disposed of.

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The safe operation of the repository also demands proof that the provisions of the qualified permission issued under water law will be complied with and that the groundwater near the surface will not be affected. This proof must be furnished by the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS).

Limitation of storage of groundwater-relevant substances

In the qualified permission issued under water law, the volume to be disposed of is limited for 94 groundwater-relevant substances (elements, compositions) in the radioactive waste. This serves to protect the groundwater near the surface from substances that are damaging to man and environment due to their chemical characteristics. Thus it can be ruled out that, for instance, agricultural produce from the region will not be contaminated with harmful substances during emplacement operations or after the Konrad repository will have been sealed.

15 March 2011: Competent authority approves BfS approach

On 15 March 2011 the Lower Saxony Water Management, Coastal Defence and Nature Conservation Agency (NLWKN) approved of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection's approach to the concrete implementation of the provisions contained in the specific approval of the water authorities for the Konrad repository. In the scope of developing this approach, the BfS has revised the Konrad waste acceptance requirements from the water law point of view, has derived waste package quality control measures in terms of material and chemistry and has submitted further documents.

Further works

Upon request of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) these documents were forwarded to the waste producers. The BfS is currently evaluating the explanatory notes and statements it has received. It is intended to include resulting suggestions in the revision of the BfS reports that are currently underway and in a revision of the waste acceptance requirements and waste package quality control measures for the Konrad repository.

State of 2016.04.01

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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