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Electromagnetic fields
- What are electromagnetic fields?
- Static and low-frequency fields
- Radiation protection relating to the expansion of the national grid
- High-frequency fields
- Radiation protection in mobile communication
Optical radiation
Ionising radiation
- What is ionising radiation?
- Radioactivity in the environment
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- Applications in daily life and in technology
- Effects
- What are the effects of radiation?
- Effects of selected radioactive materials
- Consequences of a radiation accident
- Cancer and leukaemia
- Genetic radiation effects
- Individual radiosensitivity
- Epidemiology of radiation-induced diseases
- Ionising radiation: positive effects?
- Risk estimation and assessment
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- Nuclear accident management
- What happens in an emergency?
- Federal and state tasks
- In the event of an emergency
- Measuring networks
- Exercises for emergency situations
- Nuclear plant emergency response exercises
- Helicopter-borne Measurement Exercises
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Ground-based measurement exercises
The Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) is responsible for the large-scale determination of the ambient gamma dose rate (gamma ODL) and the radioactivity at ground surface. For this purpose, measurement vehicles are ready for use at all BfS locations. These vehicles are either employed for in situ measurement or the determination of the gamma ODL. To ensure that they are ready for use, annual measurement exercises are performed in different areas in Germany and also abroad. Up to today, there has been one radiological emergency response exercise in Germany in 2014 and 2015, respectively, to determine radiation exposure in selected areas.