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Research at BfS
 The tasks assigned to BfS are mainly stipulated in laws and ordinances. BfS applies the state-of-the-art of science
and technology to fulfil these tasks. The Act relating to the establishment of BfS specifies that BfS does research in order to fulfil its mission.
This research is uniquely aimed at fulfilling the stipulated tasks and it can therefore be said that its role is to “serve” the overall objective.
Research done at BfS is thus different from research done at universities, which is aimed at providing new insights.
With respect to financing, BfS research activities can be separated into the categories “research funded by BMU” and “research funded by third parties”.
In these cases BfS invites to tender, provides expert assistance to the researchers, and assesses and publishes the project results. Research activities
may only be carried out by BfS itself if justified by specific circumstances, which is an exception to the rule.
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Our Research Concept
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The Federal Office for Radiation Protection (Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, BfS) has been assigned tasks, by the Act ruling the BfS establishment, in the fields of radiation protection, precautionary radiation protection, nuclear safety, transport of radioactive material, and radioactive waste disposal, including the establishment and operation of Federal facilities for safeguarding and final disposal. In these fields BfS gives technical and scientific support to the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.
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Scientific publications
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The BfS carries out federal administrative tasks. Scientific research is instrumental in executing these tasks properly. BfS’ employees cooperate with universities in Germany and abroad. They research and publish on application-oriented issues within the fields of radiation protection, safety of nuclear disposal and nuclear technology safety.
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Wissenschaftliche Kooperationen mit Organisationen und Institutionen
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Das BfS kooperiert mit deutschen und internationalen Hochschulen. Daneben pflegt es einen intensiven Austausch mit außeruniversitären Einrichtungen des In- und Auslandes.
Die wissenschaftlichen Kooperationen umfassen allgemeine Zusammenarbeit (generelle Vereinbarungen mit Wissenschaftsorganisationen oder Hochschulen, die schriftlich fixiert sind und für die wichtige Kenngrößen wie Aufwendungen finanzieller Art, Personaleinsatz/Austausch sowie Zusammenarbeit in der Lehre festgehalten werden), gemeinsame Projekte (Forschungs- und Entwicklungskooperationen, die auf ein konkretes Thema bezogen sind), gemeinsame Nutzung der Forschungsinfrastruktur (wobei der Schwerpunkt auf der Infrastruktur liegt, die entweder kostenintensiv oder nur selten/einmalig verfügbar ist).
Eine Übersicht über den gegenwärtigen Stand der Zusammenarbeit des BfS mit Behörden, Wissenschaftsorganisationen und Hochschulen (mit Ausnahme von Projekten aus dem Forschungsrahmenprogramm der EU) ist nachfolgend zusammengefasst.
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European Research Framework Programme
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The procedure of awarding research funds out of the EU budget is clearly defined in terms of content and time, this procedure being referred to as Research Framework Programme (RFP). All measures of the Community in the field of Research and Technological Development (RTD) are integrated in this framework programme.
Since the first framework programme for research, technology and development was introduced in 1984, the European Union has played a leading role in the planning and implementation of multidisciplinary research and cooperation measures in Europe.
Currently, already the seventh research framework programme is running with the largest total budget amounting to 54 billion euros.
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Wismut Uranium Miners Cohort Study
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The German uranium miners cohort study (Wismut cohort) is the largest single cohort study worldwide of miners exposed to radon and its progeny and is being conducted by the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) for several years by now. The study comprises data on nearly 59,000 male miners who worked with the Wismut company in uranium mining in the former German Democratic Republic between 1946 and 1990. The second mortality follow-up has been finished and first results have been published. It is the aim to open this data set to the scientific community for further analyses.
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German Mobile Telecommunication Research Programme
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The German Mobile Telecommunication Research Programme was initiated by the Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU) and the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS). The Programme is funded with €17 million, equally shared by the Federal Ministry for the Environment and the network operators.
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Research Funded by Third Parties
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The Federal Office of Radiation Protection (BfS) participates in research projects which are initiated and funded by third parties. These are mostly projects of the European Union.
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Departmental radiation protection research programme
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In order to perform its legal tasks the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) has to clarify technical-scientific questions of fundamental importance for the protection of man against the hazards of ionising and non-ionising radiation. To elaborate the scientific-technical and legal bases for this, the BMU has budgetary funds for the Departmental radiation protection research programme.
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Final reports of BMU research projects
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Reports on research projects accompanied by BfS that have been written within the scope of the BMU Environmental Research Plan (UFOPLAN) are published in the BfS series "Departmental Research Reports on Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection"
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BfS Research Programme (2009 - 2013)
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The BfS research programme at hand covers a five year period. It describes the problems to be solved or questions to be answered in the medium term by research and scientific and technical investigations in the three areas radiation protection, radioactive waste disposal and reactor safety (PDF file in German only).
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European Radiobiological Archives (ERA)
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 The Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Germany, and the University of Cambridge, UK, have jointly conducted an EC-funded project named ERA-PRO. The project was aimed to update and promote the European Radiobiological Archives (ERA) and to transfer the existing database into a version which will be accessible on the internet. A user friendly interface was installed which allows the interested scientist to search and retrieve relevant information either on study description, on groups included in single studies, or even on individual animals. This information allows further analyses of data from radiobiological experiments with animals, mostly mice.
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Studie zu Qualitätskriterien einer guten Ressortforschung
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Das Konzept einer modernen Ressortforschung der Bundesregierung sieht unter anderem vor, dass jede Einrichtung zusammen mit dem zuständigen Ministerium geeignete systematische Verfahren zur Qualitätssicherung vereinbart. Das Umweltressort hat deshalb eine Studie mit dem Ziel in Auftrag gegeben, Kriterien für eine gute Ressortforschung zu entwerfen, die zur Qualitätssicherung der Ressortforschung in den im Geschäftsbereich des BMU bestehenden Bundesoberbehörden verwendet werden können.
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