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Environmental radioactivity and radiation protection
The Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector is responsible for ensuring that people and the environment are protected from the hazards caused by ionizing radiation.
Ionizing radiation is an issue, for example, in the use of radioactive substances for therapeutic purposes, the safe handling of radioactive substances in nuclear technology, in training institutions and for commercial purposes or whenever higher levels of radioactivity occur naturally. The Ministry’s task is not only to counter the immediate harmful effects of radiation, great importance is also attached to the preventive protection of the population, the workforce and medical patients.
Ionizing radiation is an issue, for example, in the use of radioactive substances for therapeutic purposes, the safe handling of radioactive substances in nuclear technology, in training institutions and for commercial purposes or whenever higher levels of radioactivity occur naturally. The Ministry’s task is not only to counter the immediate harmful effects of radiation, great importance is also attached to the preventive protection of the population, the workforce and medical patients.
 | Environmental radioactivity Background levels of natural radioactivity are measured and monitored. The impact of human activity is also determined in this context. More |
 © clarita/morguefile | Industry and medicine Equipment and procedures which make a wide variety of different uses of ionizing radiation are used in industry and medicine. Ionizing radiation is produced by radioactive decay. However, it can also be deliberately created in special systems (such as particle accelerators or X-ray equipment). More |
 | Accident management; prevention, detection and responses to illicit uses of nuclear material and radioactive sources Preventive measures are taken to respond to major radioactivity releases to the environment. These plans relate to ways of preventing releases in the event of critical accidents, to nuclear accidents in Germany and other countries as well as to cases in which radioactivity or radiation may be released as a result of the criminal handling of radioactive substances. More |
 | Remote monitoring of nuclear power plants In its function as a statutory nuclear inspectorate, the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector(UM) operates a computer-aided nuclear reactor remote monitoring system. More |
