page_title: Morsleben radioactive waste repository
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Morsleben radioactive waste repository / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Alter Plattenwagen 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: After closure of the salt mining activities, Bartensleben was designated as a repository for radioactive waste by the former government of East Germany. Today, the shaft is operated by the Deutsche Gesellschaft zum Bau und Betrieb von Endlagern für Abfallstoffe mbH (DBE) under supervision of the Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz.
caption: Historic lorry in the mine
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