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 conversion

Chronology of conversion

In the following timeline you will find a brief selection of the works carried out so far at the surface and underground in the Konrad mine.

2014

Underground the southern and the northern parts of the emplacement transport gallery are connected. The mining term for this is cut-through.

2013

To stabilise the Konrad 1 shaft, pipe brackets are mounted to which the new conveyor system is fastened.

2012

Underground, the first emplacement chambers are driven with a road header.

2011

New fencing is built around the Konrad 2 premises and shaft 2 is remediated with the help of a working platform.

2010

A machine building is built for the new hoisting plant at Konrad 1 and large mining machines are mounted underground.

2009

To check to see if there are any bombs left from World War II at the Konrad 2 premises, soundings are performed and the old machine building at Konrad 2 is dismantled.

2008

A temporary hoisting frame is constructed for as long as the remediation works at shaft 2 will last.

2007

The old hoisting frame at Konrad 2 is dismounted.

State of 2015.04.01

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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