Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen- und Medizintechnik AG

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Corporate | 15 January 2010 18:25

Eckert & Ziegler: Federal German Office for Radiation recommends retrieval of the radioactive waste from the Asse mine

Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen- und Medizintechnik AG / Miscellaneous

15.01.2010

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Eckert & Ziegler: Federal German Office for Radiation recommends retrieval
of the radioactive waste from the Asse mine

Berlin, 15.01.2010. The German Federal Office for Radiation today has made
an official recommendation to salvage all of the radioactive waste from the
storage area in the Asse mine that is close to collapse.
Afterwards, the 126,000 barrels-worth of low- to medium-grade waste shall
be finally stored in the Konrad pit, a disused iron ore mine in Salzgitter.
The management of Eckert & Ziegler AG (ISIN DE0005659700) sees in its
appraisal the recommendation from the Federal Office as confirmation that
there will be considerable demand over the next few years for services
dealing with processing and finalising the storage of low-level radioactive
waste in Lower Saxony. The management is confident that its newly-formed
Kompetenzzentrum für sichere Entsorgung GmbH (KSE) is, due to its
expertise, its large storage area and capacity, extremely well positioned
to contribute in the decommissioning of the Asse site and the safe disposal
of these hazardous substances.

The new business area of Environmental Services, to which KSE is
attributed, has only existed since the start of the year as a own segment
within the company. It has its roots in the reprocessing of medical and
industrial radiation sources for cancer treatment and metrology. Eckert &
Ziegler is one of the largest global manufacturers of such components and
has operated for years in the retrieval and safe disposal of radioactive
substances. Several containers that were reconditioned by processes
developed by Eckert & Ziegler have already been recognised by the German
Federal Office for Radiation as fault-free storage in accordance with the
final storage conditions at Konrad. Neither the company nor any of its
affiliates or associates were involved in the final storage of radioactive
waste in the Asse during the 1970s.

Your contact for any enquiries:

Eckert & Ziegler AG, Karolin Riehle, Investor Relations, Robert-Rössle-Str.
10, 13125 Berlin

Tel.: +49 (0) 30 / 94 10 84-138, Fax -112, E-Mail: karolin.riehle@ezag.de,
www.ezag.de

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Language: English
Company: Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen- und Medizintechnik AG
Robert-Rössle-Str.10
13125 Berlin
Deutschland
Phone: 49 30 941084-138
Fax: 49 30 941084-112
E-mail: karolin.riehle@ezag.de
Internet: www.ezag.de
ISIN: DE0005659700, DE000A0L1L69
WKN: 565970, A0L1L6
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Stuttgart;
Freiverkehr in Berlin, München, Düsseldorf, Hamburg

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