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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Decommissioning procedure

Decommissioning procedure

The operation of the Morsleben repository has currently been reduced to keeping the mine open. The Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) applied for the decommissioning of the Morsleben repository under nuclear law.

The licensing procedure provides for public participation. For this purpose the necessary documents were disclosed for public inspection. During that period the citizens could raise objections to the project. The BfS published a first evaluation of the submitted technical concerns. The formal discussion of the objections takes place during the public hearing under the aegis of the licensing authority.

Chronology of the decommissioning procedure

With the German Reunification on October 3, 1990 the Federal Republic of Germany assumed responsibility for the Morsleben repository for radioactive waste. According to the provisions set out in the Unification Treaty, operation of the Morsleben repository was to be continued until June 30, 2000.

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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.

The public hearing

The public hearing on the decommissioning of the Morsleben repository was carried out by the licensing authority, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment of the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt (MLU) from 13 to 25 October 2011. It was held over altogether nine days in Oschersleben (Saxony-Anhalt).

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