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Dr. Mareike Rüffer and Jochen Ahlswede welcome BMUV Parliamentary State Secretary Christian Kühn at the BASE stand at the IAEA in Vienna.

Source: BASE

BASE BASE at the 67th IAEA General Conference in Vienna

As part of the German delegation, the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE) participated in the 67th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna from 25 to 29 September 2023. Within the framework of the bilateral and multilateral talks and negotiations, BASE provided the German delegation with specialist expertise.

more2023.09.28

BASE employees talk to passers-by in front of the Infomobile

Source: ©bundesfoto/A.v. Spreti

Site selection procedure "Open for questions": BASE Infomobil tours Germany

The aim is to find a permanently safe final storage site in Germany for high-level radioactive waste. Since the beginning of this search in 2017, BASE staff have been on the road throughout Germany to provide information about the search for a repository site. After a pandemic-related break, the information tour has picked up speed again this year.

more2023.08.02

The plenum shortly before the vote on a law in the German Bundestag

Source: picture alliance / photothek | Thomas Koehler

Site selection procedure 10 years of the Site Selection Act - an interim assessment

With the entry into force of the Site Selection Act on 23 July 2013, the German Bundestag laid the first foundations for a new start in the search for a repository site. This was a breakthrough after decades of debate about the use of nuclear energy and the path towards a repository for high-level radioactive waste. After evaluation and adaptation of the law, the search was launched in 2017. It is time for an interim assessment.

more2023.07.25

Source: BASE

Beteiligung More than 80 contribution proposals for the 2nd Repository Search Forum

From May 10th to July 16th, the interested public was invited to submit proposals for contributions and questions on the subject of the search for a repository in Germany and thus to help shape the program of the 2nd Repository Search Forum.

more2023.07.21

Source: BASE

Research Research repository site selection: Information and participation for everyone

What do people in Germany know about the repository site selection procedure? What questions, ideas and wishes do they have? A BASE research project entitled "Repository Site Search in Germany: Knowledge, Attitudes and Needs - Repeated Representative Survey (EWident)" investigated the aforementioned questions. The findings of the study are now available. In addition, the survey research data will be published by BASE, and made available for further research projects for the first time.

more2023.06.23