Gallery

A gallery is a horizontal or nearly horizontal mine opening for material transport, men-haulage and ventilation, which is long in proportion to the cross-cut.

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On April 25th, 2017 the operating duties and responsibilities for the Morsleben repository were transferred to the BGE, the Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal. Therefore this archival page of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection has not been updated since April 24th, 2017. You find current information about the Morsleben repository at www.bge.de/en/morsleben