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Annex to the Handbook on Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection

Handbook on Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection

The Annex of the Handbook comprises:

  • English translations of German legal provisions on nuclear safety and radiation protection [A.1]
  • List of standards on nuclear safety and radiation protection of the DIN German Institute for Standardization [A.2]
  • Directives and rulings of the German Federal Joint Committee (Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss - G-BA) with respect to radiation protection [A.3]
  • Codes of the German Medical Assembly (Bundesärztekammer - BÄK) with respect to radiation protection [A.4]
  • Information about the so-called "Schriftenreihe Reaktorsicherheit und Strahlenschutz" where reports resulting of the research programme on nuclear safety and radiation protection are published [A.5]
  • Information about guidelines of the department of the Technical Inspection Agencies (Technischer Überwachungsverein - TÜV) responsible for nuclear safety [A.6]
  • Overview on the responsiblities of German licensing and supervision authorities [A.11]
  • List of the legal provisions on emergency management of the German federal states [A.12]
  • Guiding principles for emergency management at nuclear installations - notification of the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transport [A.13]
  • Measures to prevent disturbances caused by the accidental and abusive handling of radioactive material and ionising radiation - Circular of the Land North Rhine-Westphalia [A.14.1]
  • Service regulation of the Federal Ministry of Finance regarding radioactive material [A.16]
  • List of German nuclear fuel supply and waste management plants [A.17]
  • List of German research reactors [A.18]
  • List of German nuclear power plants [A.19]
  • List of European Commission opinions on the plans for disposal of radioactive waste in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty [A.21]
  • Diagnostic reference levels for examinations in nuclear medicine [A.24]
  • Diagnostic reference levels for diagnostic and interventional application of X-rays [A.25]

As most of this information is only provided in German, please refer to the German Annex of the Handbook.

Disclaimer

BASE endeavours to provide up-to-date and correct information within the framework of the Reactor Safety and Radiation Protection Manual. English translations - to the extent that they are available to BASE - are provided as a courtesy. These are not official translations. BASE shall not assume any liability for these texts. There is no systematic provision of translated regulatory texts. The German versions, published on paper in the official publications of the Federal Government, are binding.

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