http://www.endlager-asse.de Appointments concerning ASSE Repository en-gb Copyright by BfS. Alle Rechte vorbehalten http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.endlager-asse.de/SharedDocs/Termine/EN/2010/0903_mobile_info_schoeppenstedt.html http://www.endlager-asse.de/SharedDocs/Termine/EN/2010/0829_info_centre_wolfenbuettel.html On next Sunday (29 August) the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) will be present at the 10th Brunswick Country Society Day in Wolfenbüttel with its blue mobile information centre. http://www.endlager-asse.de/SharedDocs/Termine/EN/2010/0603_info_seismic.html Next year, the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) intends to conduct seismic measurements in the area of the Asse II mine. With the help of 3-D seismic measurements, a more detailed knowledge of the mine shall be gained. The measurements will take around three months; results should be available in 2013 at the latest. Preliminary work is currently carried out by Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaftliche Dienste from Leipzig (GGD). In a public information meeting held on 3 June in the Remlingen village community centre, citizens had the opportunity to get extensive information about the project. http://www.endlager-asse.de/SharedDocs/Termine/EN/2010/0427_emergency_planning.html What exactly is an emergency and what will happen then in the Asse II mine? More than 100 citizens took part in the BfS public briefing that took place at the Remlingen community centre on 27 April 2010. Michael Hoffmann and Matthias Ranft (BfS), Jens Köhler and Harald Hegemann (Asse-GmbH) answered questions relating to the emergency planning components. http://www.endlager-asse.de/SharedDocs/Termine/EN/2010/0320_mobile_info_bs.html Around 200 citizens visited the mobile information centre of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection BfS) on the occasion of the 7th Braunschweig Moonlight-shopping. http://www.endlager-asse.de/SharedDocs/Termine/EN/2010/0221_Asse-Konrad_way_of_the_cross.html On Sunday, 21 February 2010, the Asse information centre (Info Asse) will be open between 2:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. This is on the occasion of the launch event to the ecumenical way of the cross the Hildesheim diocese is going to perform in cooperation with local Evangelic and Catholic parishes. All citizens are welcome to catch up on the Asse II mine in informal talks at the event. http://www.endlager-asse.de/SharedDocs/Termine/EN/2010/0208_exhibition_braunschweig.html The Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) has argued for retrieving all 126,000 drums containing radioactive and chemotoxic waste from the Asse mine. How to solve this task which is unique all over the world is explained in detail in an exhibition with the help of filmlets and animations. The exhibition can be visited from 8 to 19 February in the old building of the Braunschweig city hall. http://www.endlager-asse.de/SharedDocs/Termine/EN/2010/0118_citizens_event_result.html On Monday, 18 January 2010, the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) presented the result of the comparison of options to the public. More than 500 visitors used the opportunity to catch up on the issue in the Lindenhalle and to pose questions. http://www.endlager-asse.de/SharedDocs/Termine/EN/2009/20091002_feasibility_studies.html On 2 October the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) presented the feasibility and impact studies on the decommissioning of the Asse II repository in a public informative meeting in Schöppenstedt. In his welcoming speech, BfS President Wolfram König made clear that the expert reports had shown that all options were feasible, both technically and under the aspect of radiation protection.