page_title: Morsleben radioactive waste repository
section_title: Delayed closure
hierarchical_section_title: Morsleben radioactive waste repository / Delayed closure
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Füllort im Kali- und Steinsalzwerk Bartensleben in etwa 375 Meter Teufe
context_page_description: The repository for radioactive waste Morsleben is a deep geological repository for radioactive waste in the rock salt mine Bartensleben in Morsleben, district Börde in the federal state Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
context_section_description: The request on October 13, 1992 from Saxony-Anhalt's Ministry of Environment to initiate a planning process under § 9 b AtG for the continued operation of the site from June 30, 2000 onwards was limited on May 9, 1997 to a decommissioning of the repository Morsleben. The Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz notified the planning authority on April 17, 2001 that it irrevocably waived approval of the regulations that permit the continued use of the site and acceptance of other radioactive waste and their storage in the repository Morsleben. The planning procedure for the closure will now be accelerated. Whether it succeeds to stabilize the mine and maintain long-term security is still unclear.
  Since the suspension of nuclear waste storage in Morsleben in 1998 the stability of the salt domes deteriorated to a state in which collapse could occur. Since 2003 480,000 m³ of salt-concrete  has been pumped into the pit to temporarily stabilize the upper levels. In addition another 4,000,000 m³ of saltconcrete will be used to temporarily stabilize the lower levels.
  The governmental costs for the remedial measures and closure of the mine is estimated at 2.2 billion euro 
  . The work is carried out by the Deutsche Gesellschaft zum Bau und Betrieb von Endlagern für Abfallstoffe (DBE) which is 75% owned by the Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service (GNS) with shared owners E.ON (48%), RWE (28%), EnBW (18.5%) and Vattenfall (5.5%).
caption: Filling station in 375 m depth
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