Deutsche Gesellschaft zum Bau und Betrieb von Endlagern für Abfallstoffe
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The Deutsche Gesellschaft zum Bau und Betrieb von Endlagern für Abfallstoffe mbH (DBE) (The German
Society for the construction and operation of waste repositories) is founded in 1979 and based in Peine
. The company employs approximately 570 employees and is for 75% owned by the Gesellschaft für Nuklear Service
(GNS) with the owners E.ON
(48%), RWE
(28%), EnBW
(18.5%) and Vattenfall
(5.5%).
DBE is responsible for planning, construction and operation of the facilities repository for radioactive waste Morsleben
, Schacht Konrad
and the Salt dome Gorleben
for securing and disposal of radioactive waste
on behalf of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Society for the construction and operation of waste repositories) is founded in 1979 and based in Peine
Peine
Peine is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, capital of the district Peine. It is situated on the river Fuhse and the Mittellandkanal, approx. 25 km west of Braunschweig, and 40 km east of Hanover.- History :...
. The company employs approximately 570 employees and is for 75% owned by the Gesellschaft für Nuklear Service
Gesellschaft für Nuklear Service
The Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service mbH carries out services in the field of radioactive waste disposal and decommissioning of nuclear facilities and operates through several subsidiaries interim storage depots for spent fuel and radioactive waste as in Gorleben and Ahaus...
(GNS) with the owners E.ON
E.ON
E.ON AG, marketed with an interpunct as E•ON, is the holding company of the world's largest investor-owned energy service provider based in Düsseldorf, Germany. The name comes from the Greek word aeon which means eternity....
(48%), RWE
RWE
RWE AG , is a German electric power and natural gas public utility company based in Essen. Through its various subsidiaries, the energy company contributes electricity and gas to more than 20 million electricity customers and 10 million gas customers, principally in Europe...
(28%), EnBW
EnBW
EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, or simply EnBW, is a publicly traded electric utilities company headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany.-History:...
(18.5%) and Vattenfall
Vattenfall
Vattenfall is a Swedish power company. The name Vattenfall is Swedish for waterfall, and is an abbreviation of its original name, Royal Waterfall Board...
(5.5%).
DBE is responsible for planning, construction and operation of the facilities repository for radioactive waste Morsleben
Repository for radioactive waste Morsleben
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.-History:...
, Schacht Konrad
Schacht Konrad
The pit Konrad is a former iron ore mine proposed as a deep geological repository for medium- and low level radioactive waste in the city Salzgitter in the Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg in southeast Lower Saxony, Germany, located between Hildesheim and Braunschweig...
and the Salt dome Gorleben
Salt dome Gorleben
The salt dome Gorleben is a proposed deep geological repository in a salt dome in Gorleben in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district in the far north-east of Lower Saxony for low-, medium- and high-level radioactive waste.-Site selection:...
for securing and disposal of radioactive waste
Radioactive waste
Radioactive wastes are wastes that contain radioactive material. Radioactive wastes are usually by-products of nuclear power generation and other applications of nuclear fission or nuclear technology, such as research and medicine...
on behalf of the Federal Republic of Germany.