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{{Short description|German federally owned company}}
{{Infobox company
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| founded = July 2016
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| hq_location_city = [[Peine]], [[Lower Saxony]]
| hq_location_country = Germany
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| key_people = [[Stefan Studt]],<ref>[http://www.paz-online.de/Stadt-Peine/BGE-in-Peine-Stefan-Studt-neuer-Leiter-der-Geschaeftsfuehrung ''BGE in Peine: Stefan Studt neuer Leiter der Geschäftsführung.''] In: ''Peiner Allgemeine Zeitung.'' 1
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| services = [[High-level radioactive waste management]]
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| website = [https://www.bge.de/ www.bge.de]
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The '''Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH''' ('''BGE'''; ''Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal'') is a German federally owned company based in [[Peine]], [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung kommt nach Peine|url=https://www.paz-online.de/Stadt-Peine/Bundesgesellschaft-fuer-Endlagerung-kommt-nach-Peine|access-date=2020-10-27|website=PAZ-online.de|language=de}}</ref>
The BGE is tasked with [[high-level radioactive waste management]], which includes looking for a site for a repository for high-level [[radioactive waste]] that will guarantee the best possible safety for one million years, as well as operating the [[Konrad mine|Konrad]] and [[Morsleben radioactive waste repository|Morsleben]] final repositories as well as the [[Asse II mine|Asse II]] and Gorleben mines.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=BGE
It was established in July 2016, after a law on the reorganisation of the administrative structure in the area of final disposal for nuclear waste had passed. It is organised under private law as a [[Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung|GmbH]], a limited liability company, with the sole shareholder being the German [[Federal government of germany|Federal Government]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Federal Republic of Germany
The before existing Asse-GmbH, the [[Deutsche Gesellschaft zum Bau und Betrieb von Endlagern für Abfallstoffe]] as well as parts of the [[Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz]] were merged into the BGE on
The organisational structure and tasks of the BGE result from the German Atomic Energy Act (paragraph 9a, sub-paragraph 3, sentences 2 ff. AtG<ref name=":2" />) and the German Repository Site Selection Act (StandAG<ref>{{Cite web|last=Federal Republic of Germany
The federal government continues to exercise supervision through the [[Bundesamt für die Sicherheit der nuklearen Entsorgung]], an independent federal agency operating under the [[Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety]].<ref name=":0" /> The members of BGE's supervisory board were appointed in July 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PM - 06/17 - Aufsichtsrat der BGE berufen - BGE|url=https://www.bge.de/de/pressemitteilungen/2017/07/pm-0617-aufsichtsrat-der-bge-berufen/|access-date=2020-10-27|website=www.bge.de}}</ref>
BGE has been the operator of the [[Asse II mine]], the [[Konrad mine]], and the [[Morsleben radioactive waste repository]] since April 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Organisation - BGE |url=https://www.bge.de/de/bge/organisation/ |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=www.bge.de}}</ref> The company also has offices in [[Berlin]] and [[Gorleben]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=BGE
In September 2020, the BGE published the interim report on sub-areas, in which an interim status of the scientific investigations into the potential repositories was presented.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Endlagersuche: Zwischenbericht Teilgebiete - BGE |url=https://www.bge.de/de/endlagersuche/zwischenbericht-teilgebiete/ |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=www.bge.de}}</ref> The public was informed about this in the magazine Insights 12/2021.
In its "Einblicke" magazine, the BGE provides information on the site search, Asse, Konrad and Morsleben repository projects. The magazine is distributed regionally or nationally as a press supplement and can be obtained by subscription.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BGE Einblicke: Magazine |url=https://www.einblicke.de/magazine/ |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=www.einblicke.de}}</ref>
== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://www.bge.de/ Official website]
*[https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCgzaj989xHJFTVRC2NNusJw Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung] on [[YouTube]]
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