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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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Scientific Co-operation with Organisations and Institutions
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BfS is co-operating with universities and non-university institutions in Germany and abroad.
The scientific co-operations include working together in general terms (i.e. general arrangements with scientific organisations or universities stipulating basic parameters such as financial expenditures, staff assignment / exchange, as well as cooperation in education), carrying out joint projects (i.e. research and development cooperations related to specific topics), and sharing research infrastructure (with the emphasis laid on infrastructure that is either cost-intensive or only rarely/uniquely available).
The present state of the BfS’s co-operation with authorities, scientific organisations and universities (except for projects covered by the EU framework programme for research and technological development) is summarized below.
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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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BfS Research Programme (2009 - 2013)
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The Federal Office for Radiation Protection's (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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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. BfS is the National Contact Point for the EU framework programme. Here, BfS provides advice to other working groups in Germany who want to participate in research projects of the EU in the area of radiation protection.
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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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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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European Radiobiological Archives (ERA)
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 The German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) and the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) have jointly conducted a project (funded by the European Union (EU)) 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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