We are pleased to present the third edition of our anniversary newsletter series marking 25 years of BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH. This issue focuses on the role of cost studies in disposal programmes, recent international cooperation in salt repository research and key developments from 2013–2018.

Highlights:

• Cost studies for disposal programmes
  An overview of how structured cost analyses address investment, operational and uncertainty factors over the entire lifecycle of a repository and support robust strategic decisions.
• International cooperation in salt repository research
  A review of the 15th US–German Workshop on Salt Repository Research, covering engineered barrier systems, crushed salt backfilling and modelling approaches for future repository designs.
• Historical retrospective 2013–2018
  A look back at major R&D projects on retrievability and repository concepts in salt, clay and crystalline rock, as well as the organisational transition from DBE TECHNOLOGY GmbH to BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH.

The issue includes an editorial by Dr Thomas Lautsch, Managing Director of BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH, who summarises the uniqueness of disposal facilities:

„Repositories are not only complex and challenging, they are also beautiful.“ – Dr Thomas Lautsch

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