Safety mission

In spring 2023, the last German nuclear power plant was taken off the grid. However, it will take decades for Germany to safely and permanently dispose of the legacy of the nuclear age. One of the essential actors in this process is BGZ Gesellschaft für Zwischenlagerung mbH. BGZ is responsible for storing radioactive waste until repositories have been established. BGZ was founded in 2017. Its sole shareholder is the Federal Republic of Germany.

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Map of Germany showing BGZ locations: Brunsbüttel, Brokdorf, Unterweser, Stade, Krümmel, Gorleben, Lingen, Ahaus, Grohnde, Würgassen, Biblis, Obrigheim, Philippsburg, Neckarwestheim, Gundremmingen, Grafenrheinfeld and Isar, as well as BGZ headquarters in Essen, the Berlin office, BGZ.lab in Garching near Munich and KHG Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen. For the meaning of the blue and yellow container symbols, see the legend below the map.

Our interim storage facilities

We ensure the safe and reliable operation of interim storage facilities for low, medium and high-level radioactive waste.

Detailed information on all sites of BGZ interim storage facilities in Germany can be found here.

Head office in Essen and branch in Berlin

BGZ is headquartered in Essen. An additional branch in Berlin ensures that BGZ is also represented in the German capital.

BGZ.lab

BGZ is represented by a research group on the campus of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Garching. At BGZ.lab, BGZ employees work together with TUM students to investigate the ageing behaviour of fuel elements and other important topics. BGZ.lab thereby contributes to the research programme in a significant way.

Our information centres

We would be happy to provide you with information about our work on site. Visit us at our information centres in Ahaus and Gorleben where you will find clear answers on any issues relating to safe and reliable interim storage and where personal exchange is our priority.

High-level radioactive waste

Low- and medium-level
radioactive waste

The transfer of the Krümmel interim storage facility and the fuel element interim storage facility at the Brunsbüttel site to BGZ is still ongoing.

Events calendar

Questions arise wherever radioactive waste is stored. BGZ therefore organises regular information events at all its sites. At training and job fairs, we provide information about career paths at BGZ and recruit new specialists and young talent for our growing team. We also regularly hold specialist workshops and our iconic series of events entitled “Interim Storage Forum”.

All events

Headquarters

BGZ Gesellschaft für Zwischenlagerung mbH
Frohnhauser Straße 50
45127 Essen, Germany

Phone +49 201 2796-0
Email info@bgz.de

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Berlin Office

BGZ Gesellschaft für Zwischenlagerung mbH
Wilhelmstraße 118
10963 Berlin

Phone +49 30 253 592 100
Email info@bgz.de

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