Daldrup & Söhne AG has received an order from the Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH (BGE) for a drilling exploration on the Asse II mine site in Lower Saxony. The aim is to explore previously unknown areas of the salt dome for the planning of a safe salvage of the stored nuclear waste casks. This is a complex high-tech drilling job which serves to obtain data at the current state of science and technology. The contract is worth around EUR 3 million. In addition to Nagra, the National Co-operative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste in Switzerland, the German BGE is also commissioning Daldrup & Söhne AG with demanding exploratory drilling. In Germany, according to the BGE, more than 120,000 cubic meters of radioactive waste are currently stored in interim storage facilities and commissioned companies of the state collection centers. This volume will rise sharply in the coming years due to the decommissioning and dismantling of nuclear power plants. For the safefinal disposal of radioactive waste, the BGE identified regions in Germany in the so-called sub-area report at the end of September 2020 that promise favorable geological conditions. Such regions could possibly be considered for a repository. According to a defined procedure, areas will be selected in the coming years which will then be examined more closely for their suitability by seismic means and exploratory drilling. According to the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, this will create a basis for a fact-based determination of a repository site in 2031. The federal funds, which will be invested in billions of euros both in the preparation of the salvage and in the search for a final repository for radioactive waste, demonstrate the social and political importance of dealing with the nuclear legacy and, above all, the search for a safe final repository. For Daldrup & Söhne AG a new, attractive market segment is opening up.