Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz
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The Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz is the German Federal Office for Radiation Protection. The BfS was established in November 1989; the headquarters is located in Salzgitter, with branch offices in Berl
BfS main building in Salzgitter Lebenstedt
Gamma dose rate probe, part of the German radiation measurement network operated by BfS, department SW
Asse II mine
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The Asse II mine is a former salt mine used as a deep geological repository for radioactive waste in the Asse Mountains of Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, Germany.
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…scientific) and an annual budget of around 305 million Euro (2009). Since 2009 the BfS is also responsible for the storage site of radioactive waste, Schacht Asse II. Against the background of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in April 1986 and the Transnuklear scandal in 1987, the BfS was founded with the aim of…
Asse II headframe
Schacht Asse II 490 m level
Brine tankers at the mine (August 2009)