Asse II mine
Surveillance of the operation of the Asse II mine: Assessment of issues in the field of practical radiation protection, including the approval procedure in accordance with § 31 StrlSchV.
1) Subject of the award
Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH (BGE) is the operator of the Asse II mine. The Federal Office for Nuclear Waste Management (BfE) is responsible for the supervision of federal installations under § 9a (3) in accordance with § 23d Sentence 1 No. 2 Atomic Energy Act (AtG) Sentence 1 AtG and the Asse II mine pursuant to § 19 (5) AtG.
The operation of the Asse II mine is currently largely governed by the following permits issued by the Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment and Climate Protection (NMU):
- the approval decision for the Asse II mine - decision 1/2010 - handling of radioactive materials in accordance with § 7 of the Radiation Protection Ordinance (StrlSchV) of 8.7.2010, Ref. 43 - 40326/8/4,
- (see terms of service)
The monitoring of compliance with the regulations resulting from the permits as well as the nuclear regulations is the task of the nuclear regulatory authority. The BfE checks compliance with atomic and radiation protection regulations and approvals. In addition, the BfE, on the basis of the decree of the BMU of 20.7.2009, Az. RS III 2 - 14841/24, concretized by the Decree of 1.2.2016, has assigned the task of assessing applications of the BGE for mining legal plans. In these applications, the BGE describes whether the proposed building measures affect the control of possible incidents, the recovery of radioactive waste and the subsequent decommissioning, the potential long-term release of radioactive substances from the stored radioactive waste and justifies the selection of the planned measures.
In addition, the tasks of the BfE include, in accordance with § 31 StrlSchV, the decision on the release of radioactive substances that occur during the operation of the Asse II mine.
The contractor or persons employed by him will act as experts in accordance with § 20 AtG. The expert advises the BfE in matters of monitoring the practical radiation protection on the Asse II mine. This also includes all questions that arise in the context of a radiation protection clearance procedure according to § 31 StrlSchV.
Demand essentially consists of:
- Radiation protection examination of company work permits for activities within radiation protection areas and suspected areas,
- (see specifications).
In individual cases, the service includes the technical examination of documents and data submitted to the BfE. The documents and data are to be checked for their conclusiveness, traceability and professional accuracy. The respective form of the report (test report, statement, protocol or similar) is agreed with the client.
The client reserves the right to call in the experts for support of questions that require clarification on site (eg participation in expert discussions). In particular, to carry out functional and acceptance tests and to accompany the decision-making measurements, it is necessary to navigate the Asse II mine. Therefore, several approaches to the Asse II mine are to be expected during the contract period.
2) Open procedure
The award procedure is carried out in an open procedure (§ 15 VgV).
By submitting an offer, the bidders have to submit a concept for the project organization.
Further information can be found in the tender documents, in particular the application conditions.
3) Award documents
The tender documents will be supplemented immediately after publication of this notice in the Official Journal of the Official Journal and will be released for direct call-up on the procurement platform.