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. Rudolf Wieland (Chairman) Lüneburg |
| Dipl.-Phys. Richard Lothar Donderer (Vice Chairman) Physikerbüro Bremen Bremen |
| Dipl.-Math. Mathias Brettner Physikerbüro Bremen Bremen |
| Dipl.-Ing. Cornelia Bühler TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH München |
| Dr. Eberhard Grauf se-engineering GmbH Talheim |
| Dr. Lutz Lindhorst Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (ANVS) Den Haag, Netherlands |
| Dipl.-Ing. Uwe Jorden PreussenElektra GmbH, Kernkraftwerk Brokdorf Brokdorf |
| Prof. Annette Kluge Ruhr Universität Bochum, Fakultät für Psychologie |
| Dr. Christoph Pistner Öko-Institut e. V. Darmstadt |
| Dr.-Ing. Thomas Riekert TÜV NORD EnSys GmbH & Co. KG Hamburg |
| Dipl.-Ing. Xaver Schuler MPA Universität Stuttgart |
| Dipl.-Ing. Tom-Oliver Solisch ESN Sicherheit und Zertifizierung GmbH Schwentinental |
| Dipl.-Ing. Uwe Stoll Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH Garching |
| Dipl.-Phys. Ulrich Waas Röttenbach |
| Prof. Dr. Frank-Peter Weiß TU Dresden |
| Prof. Manfred W. Zehn TU Berlin |