Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz
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The Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz (BfS) is the German
Federal Authority for Radiation Protection. The BfS was established in November 1989, the headquarter is located in Salzgitter
, with branch offices in Berlin
, Bonn
, Freiburg
, Gorleben
, Oberschleißheim
and Rendsburg
. It has 708 employees (including 305 scientific) and an annual budget of around 305 million Euro (2009) . Since 2009 the BfS is also responsible for the storage site of radioactive waste, Schacht Asse II
.
The BfS has four sub-departments.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Federal Authority for Radiation Protection. The BfS was established in November 1989, the headquarter is located in Salzgitter
Salzgitter
Salzgitter is an independent city in southeast Lower Saxony, Germany, located between Hildesheim and Braunschweig. Together with Wolfsburg and Braunschweig, Salzgitter is one of the seven Oberzentren of Lower Saxony...
, with branch offices in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
, Freiburg
Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In the extreme south-west of the country, it straddles the Dreisam river, at the foot of the Schlossberg. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Upper Rhine Plain...
, Gorleben
Gorleben
Gorleben is a small municipality in the Gartow region of the Lüchow-Dannenberg district in the far north-east of Lower Saxony, Germany, a region also known as the Wendland....
, Oberschleißheim
Oberschleißheim
Oberschleißheim is a municipality in the district of Munich, in Bavaria, Germany. It is located 13 km north of Munich . As of 2005 it had a population of 11,467....
and Rendsburg
Rendsburg
Rendsburg is a town on the River Eider and the Kiel Canal in the northeastern part of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the Kreis of Rendsburg-Eckernförde. As of 2006, it had a population of 28,476.-History:...
. It has 708 employees (including 305 scientific) and an annual budget of around 305 million Euro (2009) . Since 2009 the BfS is also responsible for the storage site of radioactive waste, Schacht Asse II
Schacht Asse II
The Asse II pit is a former salt mine used as a deep geological repository for radioactive waste in the mountain range of Asse in district Wolfenbüttel in Lower Saxony, Germany.-History:...
.
Structure
The BfS is supervised by the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU).The BfS has four sub-departments.
- Fachbereich SK - Sicherheit in der Kerntechnik Fachbereich SK - Safety in Nuclear Engineering
- Fachbereich SE - Sicherheit nuklearer Entsorgung SE Division - the safety of nuclear waste disposal
- Fachbereich SG - Strahlenschutz und Gesundheit SG Department - Radiation and Health
- Fachbereich SW - Strahlenschutz und Umwelt SW Department - Radiation and Environmental
See also
- Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
- Schacht Asse IISchacht Asse IIThe Asse II pit is a former salt mine used as a deep geological repository for radioactive waste in the mountain range of Asse in district Wolfenbüttel in Lower Saxony, Germany.-History:...
- Repository for radioactive waste MorslebenRepository for radioactive waste MorslebenThe repository for radioactive waste Morsleben is a deep geological repository for radioactive waste in the rock salt mine Bartensleben in Morsleben, district Börde in the federal state Saxony-Anhalt.-History:...
- Nuclear safetyNuclear safetyNuclear safety covers the actions taken to prevent nuclear and radiation accidents or to limit their consequences. This covers nuclear power plants as well as all other nuclear facilities, the transportation of nuclear materials, and the use and storage of nuclear materials for medical, power,...