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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Explore the mine

Explore the mine

Explore the mine

Want to see at first hand how things look beneath the earth’s surface, and deeper? Let us take you on an interesting and informative journey into the inner workings of Asse. We’ll show you what goes on underground, and what will be done to guarantee maximum safety.

Other BfS-Websites

Das Gebäudes des Hauptsitzes in Salzgitter

Federal Office for Radiation Protection

Responsibility for people and the environment: BfS works for the safety and protection of man and the environment against damages due to ionising and non-ionising radiation.

www.bfs.de

Endlager Morsleben - Luftaufnahme

Morsleben Repository

The Bartensleben mine in Morsleben served to mine potash and rock salt before it became a repository for radioactive waste in 1971. Until 1998, waste from nuclear power plants from the GDR and, later on, also from the Federal Republic of Germany was disposed of here. The Federal Office for Radiation Protection has now also applied for the decommissioning of the repository.

www.endlager-morsleben.de

Der Förderturm von Konrad 1

Konrad Repository

The Konrad mine, an abandoned iron ore mine located in the area of the city of Salzgitter is currently being converted to a repository for radioactive waste with negligible heat generation. About 90 per cent of the radioactive waste accruing in Germany is in this category; it does only contain about 0.1 per cent of the total radioactivity of all waste, though.

www.endlager-konrad.de

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