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

Construction documentation

A survey of the most important construction measures carried out until the date the Konrad repository will be completed can be found here. Every week we inform you about the current works at the surface and underground.

Fixing strata bolts in the storage roadway

Time it takes to convert the Konrad mine to a repository

The construction and operation of the Konrad repository was licensed in 2002 by the Lower Saxon Environment Ministry, following a plan-approval procedure having lasted twenty years. On 26 March 2007 the licence for Konrad was also confirmed by the Federal Administrative Court.

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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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.

A roadheader is used to create new emplacement cavities

Costs and cost distribution of the Konrad repository project

Radioactive waste disposal costs incur in the planning phase, in the process of implementing the licensing procedure, during the construction, operation and decommissioning of a repository.

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