By mutual agreement with the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) or on its demand, the RSK sets up special committees to discuss technical issues and to prepare corresponding recommendations and statements. For special issues the handling of which takes a longer period of time, special working groups may be established. The members of the committees and working groups are appointed by the BMU on the proposal of the RSK. These are normally the members of the RSK.

In order to deal with safety-related issues arising at short notice and to prepare the drafting of statements and recommendations, the RSK and its committees may set up ad hoc working groups for a limited period of time. These ad hoc working groups consist of members of the RSK or their committees.

At present, there are the following committees:

Committee on PLANT- AND SYSTEMS-ENGINEERING (AST)  
Dipl.-Phys. Donderer (Chairman), Physikerbüro Bremen  
Dipl.-Math. Brettner (Vice-Chairman), Physikerbüro Bremen, Bremen  
Dipl.-Ing. Erling, ESN, Raisdorf 
Dipl.-Ing. Gerding, TÜV NORD EnSys, Hannover  
Dipl.-Ing. Huber, TÜV Süd Industrie Service, München  
Herr Kliem, Forschungszentrum Rossendorf, Dresden   
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Paulus (Chairman), FH Würzburg-Schweinfurt  
Dr. C. Pistner, Öko-Institut, Darmstadt  
Dr. Riekert, TÜV NORD Sys Tec GmbH & Co KG, Hamburg 
Dr.-Ing. Schaffrath, TÜV NORD Sys Tec GmbH & Co KG, Hamburg 
Dr.-Ing. Schwarz, EnBW Kernkraft GmbH (EnKK), Kernkraft Neckarwestheim (GKN), Neckarwestheim 
Dr. Sommer, E.ON Kernkraft GmbH, Hannover 
Dipl.-Math. Spitzer, TÜV SÜD Energietechnik GmbH Baden-Württemberg 
Dr. Stück, GRS, Köln  
Dipl.-Ing. Trobitz, KRB, Grundremmingen 
Dipl.-Phys. Waas, Areva NP, Erlangen  
Prof. Dr. Weiß, Forschungszentrum Rossendorf, Dresden  
Committee on PRESSURE-RETAINING COMPONENTS AND MATERIALS (DKW) 
Dir. und Prof. Dr. Erhard (Chairman), Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Berlin  
Dr. Pape (Vice-Chairman), Ingenieurbüro Linder und Pape, Schwerte  
Dr. Altstadt, Forschungszentrum Rossendorf, Dresden 
Dr. rer. nat. Dobmann, Fraunhofer-Institut für Zerstörungsfreie Prüfverfahren IZFP, Saarbrücken  
Dipl.-Ing. Erve, Areva NP, Erlangen  
Dipl.-Ing. Detlef Fuchs, E.ON Kernkraft GmbH, Kernkraftwerk Unterweser, Stadland 
Dipl.-Ing. Heil, EnBW Kernkraft GmbH, Neckarwestheim 
Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Hienstorfer, TÜV SÜD Energietechnik GmbH Baden-Württemberg, Filderstadt 
Dr. Jendrich, GRS, Köln  
Dr. Just, TÜV NORD SysTec, Hamburg  
Frau Dr. Kilian, Areva NP, Erlangen  
Dipl.-Ing. Lehne, TÜV Süd Industrie Service, München  
Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Mayinger, VP Mechanical Engineering, Helsinki  
Dr. Menzel, TÜV NORD SysTec, Hamburg  
Dr. Otremba, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Fachgruppe III.1  
Dr. Henry Schau,TÜV SÜD ET, Mannheim  
Dipl.-Ing. Schuler, Staatliche Materialprüfungsanstalt, Universität Stuttgart  
Committee on ELECTRIC INSTALLATIONS (EE) 
Dipl-Ing. Liemersdorf (Chairman), GRS, Köln  
Dipl-Ing. Junge (Vice-Chairman), TÜV NORD EnSys, Hannover  
Dipl.-Ing. Bühler, TÜV Süd Industrie Service, München  
Dipl.-Ing. Faller, EDS GmbH, Fischbachau  
Dr. Graf, Areva NP, Erlangen  
Prof. Dr. Hampel, FH Zittau/Görlitz  
Dr. Lindner, ISTec, Garching  
Dipl.-Ing. Michels, KKW, Philippsburg 
Wolfgang Reßing, TÜV NORD Sys Tec GmbH & Co KG, Hamburg  
Dipl.-Ing. Röben, KKW Unterweser 
Dipl.-Ing. Schröder, ESN, Kiel Dipl.-Ing. Steckenborn, KKW Neckarwestheim  
Dipl.-Ing. Verstegen, GRS, Köln 
Dipl.-Ing. Weich, TÜV-Süd, Mannheim  
Dr. Ralf-Michael Zander, Kernkraftwerk Gundremmingen GmbH, Gundremmingen 
Committee on REACTOR OPERATION (RB) 
Dipl.-Ing. Bandholz (Chairman), ESN, Kiel  
Dr. Kohl (Vice-Chairman), TÜV Süd Industrie Service, München  
Jörk Dubiel, TÜV NORD Sys Tec GmbH, Hamburg  
Dr. Grauf, S&E-Grauf, Talheim  
Rolf Janke, AREVA NP GmbH, Erlangen  
Uwe Jorden, E.ON Kraftwerk GmbH, Kernkraftwerk Brokdorf, Brokdorf  
Dipl.-Ing. Kurth, Öko-Institut, Darmstadt  
Dipl-Ing. Liemersdorf, GRS, Köln  
Heiko Rades, Kernkraftwerk Brunsbüttel GmbH, Brunsbüttel  
Dipl.-Ing. Solisch, ESN, Kiel  
Dr. Straeter, Eurocontrol, Brüssel (Belgium)  
Dipl.-Ing. Stoll, Areva NP, Erlangen  
Dipl.-Phys. Wild, GRS, Köln