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Germany’s Federal Association for Final Storage (BGE - Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung) has awarded a contract to dismantle the Gorleben mine and to backfill it using the salt previously removed. The tender was won by a consortium consisting of the companies Redpath Deilmann GmbH (Dortmund) and Thyssen Schachtbau GmbH Germany (Mülheim an der Ruhr). After the mining permits have been obtained, work is expected to begin in mid-2024. The backfilling work is expected to take three years.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 19 August 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgorleben-salt-mine-to-be-dismantled-and-backfilled-11083326
A contract has been awarded for the backfilling of the former salt mine in Gorleben, Lower Saxony - previously considered a possible site for geological disposal of Germany's high-level radioactive waste.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 17 August 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Gorleben-mine-to-be-backfilled
Critics argue that switching off reactors will deprive country of low-emission power and increase reliance on fossil fuel plants that contribute to climate change
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 27 April 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/last-three-plants-to-go-offline-despite-last-minute-appeals-for-extensions-4-4-2023
The closure of Germany’s Gorleben mine was announced on 17 September in a joint press release from Germany’s Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety; the Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment, Energy, Building and Climate Protection; the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE); and the Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung/Finallagerung mbH (BGE - Federal company for final storage).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgermany-closes-gorleben-salt-dome-9094029
Germany’s GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service (GNS) has been awarded a contract by Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) for the development of containers for the transport and interim storage of intermediate and low-level radioactive waste.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 17 January 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgns-wins-contract-from-taiwan-for-containers-7601390