Radiation Protection Commission
The Radiation Protection Commission (SSK) was founded in 1974 as an advisory body to the Federal Ministry of the Interior . It emerged from the Expert Commission IV "Radiation Protection" of the German Atomic Energy Commission , which was constituted on January 26, 1956 . The atomic commission and thus also the technical commissions existed until 1971. From December 1971 four technical committees took their place, of which the technical committee “Radiation Protection and Safety” took over the previous tasks of the technical commission IV of the atomic commission. For more on the history of the Atomic Energy Commission and its specialist commissions, see the article on nuclear policy . The office is located in Bonn .
According to the statutes of the Radiation Protection Commission of December 21, 2009, the SSK has the task of advising the responsible Federal Ministry (currently the Federal Environment Ministry , BMU) on matters relating to protection against the dangers of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. To this end, it can set up committees and working groups for special areas of responsibility. There are currently seven committees on the subjects of radiation risk, radiation protection in medicine, radioecology , radiation protection technology, emergency protection, non-ionizing radiation, and radiation protection for plants.
With the amendment of the statutes of December 21, 2009, an emergency organization of the radiation protection commission was created with the SSK crisis team. With the entry into force of the Statutory Health Insurance Supply Structure Act on January 1, 2012, the Radiation Protection Commission was granted the right to comment in the regulations of SGB V on decisions of the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) on guidelines for examination and treatment methods in contract medical or inpatient care, provided that it are decisions on methods in which radioactive substances or ionizing radiation are applied to humans.
As a rule, the SSK receives its consulting assignments from the responsible federal ministry; however, it can also take up advisory topics on its own initiative. The deliberations lead to recommendations and statements, which are prepared in the respective committees and sub-committees. They are included in the nuclear regulations through publication in the Federal Gazette and recommended for use in circulars from the BMUB (see web links).
Membership is a personal honorary position. The members are independent and not bound by instructions. As a rule, the radiation protection commission consists of 14 experts who have particular experience in one of the seven areas mentioned above.
The members are usually appointed by the responsible Federal Ministry for two years. Werner Rühm has been its chairman since January 2020.
See also
- State Committee for Nuclear Energy - a body of representatives of the nuclear licensing and supervisory authorities of the federal states
- Nuclear Safety
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ History of the SSK; accessed on May 29, 2018.
- ↑ Radiation Protection Commission: Office. Retrieved January 16, 2017 .
- ^ Members list
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