Gorleben interim storage
Gorleben interim storage is a dry storage facility operated by BGZ Gesellschaft für Zwischenlagerung in Germany. Its capacity is not publicly disclosed.
An above-ground cask store beside the salt dome that was investigated as a repository for decades and abandoned in 2020. The store remains; the disposal route it was built to serve does not.
Facility
| Stage | Interim storage |
|---|---|
| Operator | BGZ Gesellschaft für Zwischenlagerung |
| Country | Germany |
| Capacity | not disclosed |
| Figure applies to | - |
| Note on the figure | Capacity not publicly stated in tonnes. |
| Status | operating |
| Commissioned | not stated |
| Coordinates | 53.0350, 11.3450 |
Position in the chain
No disclosed capacity, so its share of world dry_storage capacity cannot be stated.
BGZ Gesellschaft für Zwischenlagerung also operates:
- Ahaus interim storage (dry_storage)
Other dry storage facilities
| Facility | Capacity | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Clab central interim storage | 11,000tHM | operating |
| HI-STORE, Lea County | 8,680tHM | cancelled |
| Interim Storage Partners, Andrews County | 5,000tHM | licensed |
| Mutsu Recyclable Fuel Storage Center | 3,000tHM | operating |
| HABOG | not disclosed | operating |
| Zwilag central interim storage | not disclosed | operating |
| Ahaus interim storage | not disclosed | operating |
| Central Spent Fuel Storage Facility | not disclosed | operating |
| Ignalina dry storage | not disclosed | operating |
Sources
- World Nuclear Association, Storage and Disposal of Radioactive Waste · retrieved 2026-09-06
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