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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event Concerning Morsleben - sievert, becquerel & co, radioactivity and radiation protection

The event series "Concerning Morsleben" makes it possible for interested citizens to get information about various topics relating to the Morsleben repository. The last event took place on 15 September 2015 at the Morsleben information centre. The topic was "sievert, becquerel & co – radioactivity and radiation protection".

statement Morsleben information centre: Suitable location for new historical exhibition?

The exhibition on the colourful history of the Morsleben mine, which opened at the end of January, has evoked mainly positive resonance. Some people voiced their dissatisfaction that the location of the exhibition, i.e. the BfS information centre in Morsleben, was not suitable. The BfS had also discussed the issue of location when it planned and designed the exhibition. A number of aspects were decisive for the selection of the Morsleben information centre as exhibition location, which are again listed below.

event Opening of the historical exhibition

The Morsleben repository for radioactive waste has a colourful history: Potash and rock salt mining, armaments production during the Nazi era, livestock farming and toxic-waste dump in the GDR and, since 1979, radioactive waste repository. The historical reappraisal has led to a new permanent exhibition narrating and analysing the comprehensive development of the facility as a whole to date. The presentation was designed and drawn up with the assistance of an expert advisory board. Since 26 January 2016, it can be visited permanently at the Morsleben information centre.

News Morsleben – A mine? A German place

For the first time, interested citizens have access to a comprehensive permanent exhibition where they can get a glimpse at the eventful history of the Morsleben mine. Wolfram König, the BfS president, and Roland Jahn, the Federal Commissioner for the Records of the State Security Service of the former GDR, opened the exhibition on the mine's over-hundred-year-old history at the BfS information centre at the Morsleben repository.

News Morsleben repository: Gate damaged during fire drill

During a routine inspection of the fire protection system in the Morsleben repository, a fire protection gate was damaged on 30 August 2013. The inspection included closing the gate through remote control. In this process a transport vehicle collided with the gate. The vehicle driver remained uninjured.

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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