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The last intact reactor unit of Fukushima Daiichi

Ionising radiation Five years after Fukushima – consequences for Germany

The 11 March 2016 will mark the fifth anniversary of the reactor disaster in the Fukushima nuclear power plant as a result of a devastating tsunami. The worst nuclear accident since the reactor disaster of Chernobyl in April 1986 has had and still has serious consequences for man and environment in Japan. In Germany, Fukushima led immediately to the phase-out of the use of nuclear energy. "The consequences of Fukushima in Germany, however, will go beyond the phase-out of nuclear energy," explains Wolfram König, President of the BfS.

more2016.03.10
A woman, using a tablet.

Electromagnetic fields Christmas presents? – BfS informs about low-radiation smartphones and tablets

Today many people do their Christmas gift shopping online from the comfort of their sofas, thanks to tablets, smartphones and high-speed internet access. If you want to reduce your individual radiation exposure, make sure the device you buy has a low SAR value. The Federal Office for Radiation Protection (Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, BfS) published SAR values for more than 2,500 mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets.

more2015.12.15
Titelblatt Jahresbericht

The radioactive noble gas radon: Odourless, flavourless, rarely perceived as health risk

About five per cent of all lung cancer deaths in Germany can be contributed to the natural radioactive noble gas radon – that are over 1,900 dead persons per year. After smoking, radon in dwellings is thus the second cause of lung cancer. Radon can enter buildings and can accumulate in indoor air. That the flavourless and odourless gas is the strongest contributing factor to natural radiation exposure, was and still is known to a few people only. "When the perception of a problem is upstaged, it is more important for a specialist authority to reliably contribute with scientific findings to improving the protection of the citizens," the president of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), Wolfram König, states during the presentation of the special edition of the annual report about 25 years of BfS.

more2015.10.26
Das Gebäudes des Hauptsitzes in Salzgitter

New Vice President at the Federal Office for Radiation Protection

Effective 1 October 2015, Mr. Norbert Nimbach will assume the role as Vice President of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS). In this position he will be the permanent representative of BfS President Wolfram König. In this position he succeeds Ms. Stefanie Nöthel, who will now serve as Head of Department at the Lower-Saxony Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Equal Opportunities.

more2015.09.30
Scientific work at the Federal Office for Radiation Protection : general framework, activities , challenges

BfS co-ordinates European Radiation Protection Research

More than 50 research institutions from 22 EU countries and Norway will closely co-operate in radiation protection: CONCERT is a European Joint Programme on radiation protection research.

"As the coordinator of the CONCERT project, the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, BfS) will make decisive contributions to the further development of radiation protection in Europe", said BfS-President Wolfram König when signing the contracts between the European Commission, the partner institutions and the BfS.

more2015.07.06

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