The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) appoints the members of the Commission for a period of up to three calendar years. A direct reappointment is possible.

The RSK should cover all technical subjects necessary for a competent advice of the BMU. The members have to provide competent and objective advice. To ensure a balanced advice, the RSK members should represent the whole range of acceptable opinions according to the state of the art in science and technology. The RSK forms committees and working groups for special technical issues.

After hearing the Commission members, the BMU appoints the chairman and his deputy.

RSK membership is a personal honorary office. RSK members are independent and not bound by directives.

The RSK consists of the following members:

Dipl.-Ing. Klaus-Dieter Bandholz
EnergieSystemeNord (ESN)
Raisdorf  
Chairman  
Dipl.-Phys. Richard Lothar Donderer
Physikerbüro Bremen
Bremen  
Vice-Chairman 
Dipl.-Math. Brettner
Physikerbüro Bremen
Bremen  
 
Dir. und Prof. Dr. Anton Erhard
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung
Berlin  
 
Prof. Dr. Thomas Fanghänel
Europäische Kommission
Gemeinsame Forschungsstelle
Institut für Transurane (ITU)
Karlsruhe  
 
Dr.-Ing. Erwin Fischer
E.ON Kernkraft
Hannover 
 
Dr. Eberhard Grauf
S&E - Grauf
Talheim 
 
Dr. Reinhard Kohl
TÜV Süd Industrie Service
Munich  
 
Dipl.-Ing. Heinz Liemersdorf
Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) mbH
Köln 
 
Dr. Gisbert Pape
Ingenieurbüro Linder und Pape
Schwerte 
 
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Riekert
TÜV NORD Sys Tec GmbH & Co KG
Hamburg  
 
Dipl.-Ing. Michael Sailer
Öko-Institut e.V. Institut für angewandte Ökologie
Darmstadt  
 
Dipl.-Ing. Tom-Oliver Solisch
EnergieSysteme Nord (ESN)
Raisdorf 
 
Dipl.-Ing. UWe Stoll
Areva NP
Erlangen  
 
Dipl.-Phys. Ulrich Waas
Areva NP
Erlangen  
 
Prof. Dr. Frank-Peter Weiß
Forschungszentrum Rossendorf
Dresden