Central support group of the federal government for serious cases of nuclear-specific security
The Central Support Group of the Federal Government for Serious Cases of Nuclear-Specific Danger Defense ( Central Support Group of the Federal Government, ZUB ) is a working group of various German federal authorities under the leadership of the Federal Criminal Police Office in Wiesbaden, which on August 1, 2003 to avert dangers from attacks and threats with radioactive material ( "Nuclear Terrorism") was founded. In “serious cases” it is intended to support the police authorities of the federal states. It is subordinate to the Interior Minister and practically forms the German special unit against nuclear terrorism, comparable to the US Nuclear Emergency Support Team .
assignment
The ZUB is to coordinate the measures taken by the police to avert danger in the event of nuclear-specific threats through illegal handling of radioactive material from the point of view of disaster control and nuclear law . The ZUB regularly takes action in the event of the loss or discovery of radioactive substances or if a criminal offense in connection with radioactive substances is suspected (nuclear-specific hazard prevention). The ZUB specialists then look for radioactive substances openly and covertly; The necessary measuring and analysis devices, software for risk assessments and systems against possible effects must be available for this. The ZUB also offers education and training measures in these areas and develops recommendations for action for typical situations.
organization
The ZUB is a cross-departmental and cross-departmental support unit of the federal government, which is composed of specially trained employees of the BKA, the Federal Police (BPOL) and the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) under the direction of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) . She is supported in the transport and reconnaissance of large areas by helicopters and vehicles as well as by documentation and decontamination units and other federal police officers. Furthermore, ZUB can fall back on the resources of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and the Bundeswehr ( Defense Science Institute for Protective Technologies - NBC Protection ).
structure
The Federal Criminal Police Office has overall management within the ZUB and operates the office. At the ZUB are u. a. involved the following specialist presentations:
- the department for ABC and politically motivated gun crime
- the unit for proliferation
- Central Criminal Police Services Department (ZD)
- Group ZD 1 (crime scene group) with Section ZD 11 (explosives),
- Group 3 with units ZD 31 (general police cooperation), ZD 32 (international legal assistance and search for people) and ZD 35 (central language and interpreting service)
- Group 4 with the Mobile Task Force (MEK) and the advisory and negotiation group (e.g. in the event of blackmail)
- Forensic Institute Department (KT),
- Central laboratory
- Section KT 16 (Explosives)
At the Federal Office for Radiation Protection, the SW (Radiation Protection and Environment) department is involved in the ZUB.
activities
- December 2006: In connection with the murder of AW Litvinenko , a person involved and premises in Hamburg were examined for traces of polonium-210 by the ZUB.
- Development of LasAir ( Lagrange simulation of the spread and inhalation of radionuclides), a software that calculates the spread of radioactive suspended matter.
Web links
Nuclear-specific security at the Federal Office for Radiation Protection
Individual evidence
- ↑ Protection of the population from the consequences of a dirty bomb. Speech by BfS President Wolfram König at the 2nd Berlin Congress on National Security and Civil Protection in November 2006. [1]
- ^ Piper G: The central support group of the federal government. Telepolis, February 5, 2007
- ↑ Central Federal Support Group for Serious Nuclear Hazard Defense (ZUB). Retrieved June 27, 2020 .
- ^ Annual report 2007. The Polonium 210 incident in Hamburg 2006: In-depth analysis. Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), 2008, pp. 38–44 , accessed on June 27, 2020 .