Private company

Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung

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German federally owned company

The Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH (BGE; Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal) is a German federally owned company based in Peine, Lower Saxony, Germany. 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 and Morsleben final repositories as well as the Asse II and Gorleben mines.2 It employed 1,900 people in 2020.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2016Founded1
  • HeadquartersPeine1
  • Websitewww.bge.de
  • Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung1

The Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH (BGE; Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal) is a German federally owned company based in Peine, Lower Saxony, Germany. 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 and Morsleben final repositories as well as the Asse II and Gorleben mines.2

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Germany 100%

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

  • 20201,9001

Timeline

  1. 2016Founded Founded1

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