Description: Radiation protection concerns us all: 30 years of the BfS In its anniversary year, the Federal Office for Radiation Protection ( BfS ) has taken on a number of additional tasks Year of issue 2019 Date 2019.01.31 Thirty years after it was founded, the Federal Office for Radiation Protection ( BfS ) is now facing new challenges. At the start of this anniversary year, the new radiation protection legislation came into force, assigning numerous new tasks to the BfS . The new legal framework underlines the importance of radiation protection in Germany and of the BfS as the central institution. The new regulations span a wide range of issues, from occupational and medical radiation protection to protection against radon . When it comes to protecting the population in a radiological emer-gency, the BfS now also has a much more important role than when it was founded in 1989. Many of the big issues of tomorrow also touch upon radiation protection Dr. Inge Paulini "Radiation is everywhere, and radiation protection therefore concerns us all," says BfS President Inge Paulini: "Many of the big issues of tomorrow also touch upon radiation protection. The ongoing digitalisation in all areas of life and the energy transition offer numerous advantages, but they also leave us surrounded by ever more sources of electric and magnetic fields. In medicine, we continue to see an increase in the average radiation dose per person due to X-ray and CT examinations. Climate change, too, presents us with a series of new challenges: more sunny days means more days on which protection is needed against harmful UV radiation. The BfS is therefore promoting research into radiation protection, especially in socially relevant areas such as these." Central to this is the topic of human health. In addition to digitalisation, mobile communications, radiation protection during electricity grid expansion , and UV protection , it is also vital to consider the protection of human health with respect to medical applications of radiation and the radioactive noble gas radon . This also follows from the new radiation protection legislation, which defines a whole series of topics for the Federal Office to address. New regulations for protection against the radioactive noble gas radon Since the start of the year, radon has been subject to its first generalised reference value in all living spaces – that is, including in homes and workplaces – in order to reduce the risk to health. By the end of 2020, areas must be identified across Germany in which a high radon concentration is to be expected in many buildings. These areas will be subject to special building regulations and compul-sory radon measurements in workplaces. The BfS is supporting the Länder with this task by using modern calculation methods to make predictions of the radon distribution in Germany. In addition, the BfS is responsible for ensuring the quality of radon measurements. Nationwide recording of significant incidents during the medical use of radiation The legislator has also given the BfS additional responsibilities in the area of medicine with a view to improving the safety of diagnostic and therapeutic applications of radiation . As the central body, the BfS will in future record, for example, all significant incidents in which people are unintentionally or accidentally subjected to appreciable radiation exposure without justification – for example, if a CT examination must be repeated due to a technical fault or human error and a threshold value is therefore exceeded. In future, the BfS will record and distribute information arising from such incidents on a nationwide basis in order to avoid similar incidents taking place and to improve radiation protection in medicine. Drafting of radiological situation report in a nuclear emergency The BfS plays a central role in protecting people during a nuclear emergency . For example, if an accident at a nuclear power station results in the release of large quantities of radioactive materials, the Federal Radiological Situation Centre springs into action. At the same time, the BfS immediately draws up the nationwide radiological situation report. This forms the basis for notifications, recom-mendations, and protective measures by Federal and Länder authorities, including local civil protec-tion authorities. BfS experts analyse dispersion models and measurements and determine what impact the accident could have on humans and the environment. The biggest accident in the history of the peaceful use of nuclear energy was also the reason why the BfS was founded: the authority was created in response to the Chernobyl reactor disaster in April 1986. The BfS began operating on 1 November 1989 with a view to pooling expertise relating to radiation protection at the Federal level. State of 2019.01.31
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Tags: Gesundheitsgefährdung ? Radon ? Röntgenstrahlung ? Tschernobyl ? Mitteldeutschland ? Stromnetz ? Arzneimittel ? Bauvorschrift ? Edelgas ? Energiewende ? Pflanzensamen ? UV-Strahlung ? Bauordnung ? Bundesgesetzgebung ? Kernenergie ? Kernkraftwerk ? Strahlenexposition ? Strahlendosis ? Strahlenschutz ? Arbeitsplatz ? Baugebiet ? Berechnungsverfahren ? Radioaktiver Stoff ? Reaktor ? Schutzmaßnahme ? Menschliche Gesundheit ? Mobilfunk ? Ausbreitungsmodell ? Gutachten ? Klimawandel ? Schwellenwert ? Referenzwert ?
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Language: Deutsch
Issued: 2019-01-31
Time ranges: 2019-01-31 - 2019-01-31
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