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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Historical exhibition on the history of Morsleben

  • In its various utilisation phases, the history of the Morsleben mine reflects the entire German history including forced labour of prisoners from concentration camps underground and the border location in the GDR.
  • The BfS has faced the documentation of this history. The result is a new permanent exhibition.
  • The exhibition at Info Morsleben on the history of the repository provides the public with access to the mine's complex usage history.

Visit to the historical exhibition at the INFO MORSLEBEN with exhibit in the foreground Historical exhibition at the INFO MORSLEBENHistorical exhibition at the INFO MORSLEBEN

The Morsleben repository for radioactive waste, for which the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) has had the operator's responsibility since the reunification, had a colourful past as a mine: Potash and rock salt mining, armaments production, livestock farming, toxic-waste dump and radioactive waste repository.

In its various utilisation phases, the history of the Morsleben mine reflects the entire German history including forced labour of prisoners from concentration camps underground and the border location in the GDR. The BfS has faced the documentation of this history. The result is a new permanent exhibition.

The exhibition at the Info Morsleben

The exhibition on the history of the repository at the Morsleben information centre brings light into the darkness of the past. It provides access for the public to the complex utilisation history of the mine.

Participation of the region

The region was fully involved in the preparation of the exhibition via

Feedback, loans and donations from citizens are part of the exhibition. The presentation was designed and developed by an accompanying technical advisory board.

The further development of the exhibition is an open process, in which the public can participate. Contact us. We look forward to your feedback.

Here you will find us

BfS INFO Morsleben
Amalienweg 1
39343 Ingersleben OT Morsleben
Germany

Phone: +49 39050 / 97525 or +49 39050 / 97613
Fax: +49 39050 / 97612
E-Mail: info-morsleben@bfs.de
Internet: http://www.endlager-morsleben.de

Education for pupils

The Info Morsleben can be used as extracurricular place of learning for project days. Using the example of the Morsleben repository, pupils or youth groups can study a part of the German and regional history and deal with the subject of radioactive waste disposal.

References to political science, history or physics classes can be incorporated in order to arrange a suitable program.

Opening times, address and contact: Info Morsleben

Opening of the exhibition on 25. January 2016

Morer on the history of Morsleben

Video (in German)

State of 2017.01.03

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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