Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz

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The Federal Office for Radiation Protection (abbr.: BfS) is responsible for the radiation protection of German federal authority. The Office was established in November 1989 and is based in Salzgitter; Field offices are located in Berlin, Bonn, Freiburg im Breisgau, Gorleben, Oberschleißheim (OT Neuherberg ) and Rendsburg. It has 708 employees and an annual budget of around 305 million euros (as of 2009 ).

Structures

The Office is subject to the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety ( BMUB ). The BfS is headed by a president, who is represented in the absence of a Vice-President. Since 1999, the President Wolfram König, its predecessor (1989-1999 ) was Alexander Kaul. The BfS is divided, the Central Division, and four Divisions in the President's Office, which reports directly to the President.

• Department SK - Safety in Nuclear Technology
• Department of SE - Safety of Nuclear Waste
• Department SG - Radiation Protection and Health
• Department SW - Radiation Protection and Environment

Legal basis

The Office shall perform implementation tasks of the Federation. It performs tasks in the fields of radiation protection, nuclear safety, the transport of radioactive substances and their intermediate or final storage. The work of the BfS is based on the following laws and regulations:

• Atomic Energy Act ( Atomic Energy Act)
• Nuclear Waste Shipment Regulation ( AtAV )
• Nuclear Financial Security Regulation ( AtDeckV )
• Nuclear Safety Officer and Reporting Ordinance ( AtSMV )
• Nuclear Licensing Procedure Ordinance (AtVfV )
• Radiation Protection Regulation ( Radiation Protection Ordinance )
• Precautionary Radiation Protection Act ( StrVG )
• X-ray Ordinance (RöV )
• Law on the electromagnetic compatibility of equipment ( EMC )
• 26th Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Pollution Control Act ( BlmSchV 26)
• Regulation on the detection method for limiting electromagnetic fields ( BEMFV )
• Law on Environmental Impact Assessment ( EIA Act )
• Repository Prepayment Regulation ( EndlagerVlV )
• Law on the Establishment of a Federal Office for Radiation Protection ( BfSEG )

Tasks

The office mainly takes care of the protection against ionizing radiation and was engaged but increasingly with the protection from electromagnetic radiation. The main tasks of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection is to protect people and the environment from damage caused by ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, raise awareness of possible risks and to pursue scientific research and practical implementation of new knowledge belongs. This results in additional tasks result in the following areas:

• Ionizing radiation Safety in Nuclear Technology
• Safe handling of radioactive materials
• Protection from natural radioactivity
• Protection against X-ray radiation

• Non-ionizing radiation Protection against UV - radiation
• Protection against the effects of mobile

In addition, the BfS carries out research and the nuclear waste repository Asse II