The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) 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 BMUV. 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 BMUV 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:

By mutual agreement with the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) 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 BMUV 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)

Dr. Christoph Pistner	Chairman	Öko-Institut e.V., Darmstadt
Dipl.-Phys. Richard Lothar Donderer	Vice Chairman	Physikerbüro Bremen, Bremen
Dipl.-Ing. Sara Beck	Member	Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH, Köln
Dipl.-Ing. Mathias Falkenhagen	Member	TÜV NORD EnSys GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg
Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Hanisch	Member	PreussenElektra GmbH, Hannover
Dr. Ulrich Klapp	Member	Framatome GmbH, Erlangen
Prof. Marco Koch	Member	Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Lehrstuhl für Energiesysteme und Energiewirtschaft
Paul Leray	Member	Kernkraftwerk Neckarwestheim, EnBW Kernkraft GmbH
Dr. Nikolaus Müllner	Member	Institut für Sicherheits- und Risikowissenschaften, Wien
Dr. Matthias Nuding	Member	TÜV SÜD Industrie Service, München
Dr. Thomas Steinrötter	Member	Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH, Köln
Dipl.-Ing. Elmar Wendenkampf	Member	Framatone GmbH, Erlangen

Committee on Pressure-Retaining Components and Materials (DKW)

Dr. Ing. Thomas Riekert	Chairman	TÜV NORD EnSys GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg
Dr. Renate Kilian	Vice Chairwoman	Framatome GmbH, Erlangen
Dipl.-Ing. Detlef Fuchs	Member	PreussenElektra GmbH, Kernkraftwerk Unterweser, Stadland
Dipl.-Ing. Rainer Hardt	Member	Framatome GmbH, Erlangen
Dr. Uwe Jendrich	Member	Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH, Köln
Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Mayinger	Member	PreussenElektra GmbH, Hannover
Dr.-Ing. Sandra Motschiedler	Member	Framatome GmbH, Erlangen
Prof. Sebastian Münstermann	Member	RWTH Aachen
Dipl.-Ing. Jürgen Schäfer	Member	TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH, München
Dipl.-Ing. Michael Scherrer	Member	Schweizerischer Verein für technische Inspektionen (SVTI), Schweiz
Dipl.-Ing. Xaver Schuler	Member	EnBW Kernkraft GmbH, Kernkraftwerk Neckarwestheim, Neckarwestheim
Fabian Silber, M. Sc.	Member	Materialprüfungsanstalt Universität Stuttgart (MPA), Stuttgart

Committee on Electric Installations (EE)

Dipl.-Ing. Uwe Stoll	Chairman	Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH, Garching
Dipl.-Ing. Cornelia Bühler	Vice Chairwoman	TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH, München
Achim Emil Bellemann	Member	EnBW Kernkraft GmbH, Kernkraftwerk Philippsburg, Philippsburg
Olaf Hansen	Member	TÜV Nord EnSys GmbH & Co. KG
Dr.-Ing. Christian Hessler	Member	Areva GmbH, Erlangen
Gunter Hetzer	Member	Technische Universität München – FRM II, Garching
Dr.-Ing. Hervé Mbonjo	Member	Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH, Köln
Dipl.-Ing. Horst Miedl	Member	TÜV Rheinland ISTec GmbH, Garching
Dipl.-Ing. Michael Schröder	Member	ESN - Sicherheit und Zertifizierung GmbH, Kiel
M. Sc. Harald Schugt	Member	EnBW Kernkraft GmbH, Neckarwestheim
Dipl.-Ing. Oliver Sobott	Member	Framatome GmbH, Karlstein
Dipl.-Phys. Thomas Walter	Member	PreussenElektra GmbH, Hannover
Dipl.-Ing. Claus Verstegen	Member	Düsseldorf

Committee on Reactor Operation (RB)

Dipl.-Math. Mathias Brettner	Chairman	Physikerbüro Bremen, Bremen
Dr. Eberhard Grauf	Vice Chairman	se-engineering GmbH, Talheim
Dr.-Ing. Björn Becker	Member	Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH, Köln
Dr. Matthias Bürgener	Member	TÜV Nord EnSys GmbH & Co. KG, Hannover
Dipl.-Ing. Simon Giese	Member	TÜV SÜD Energietechnik GmbH Baden-Württemberg, Filderstadt
Dr. Heinrich Harke	Member	PreussenElektra GmbH, Hannover
Dipl.-Ing. Hans-Michael Kursawe	Member	TÜV SÜD Energietechnik GmbH, Baden-Württemberg
Dipl.-Ing. Friedrich Meynen	Member	ENSI - Sektion Mensch & Organisation MEOS, Schweiz
Dipl.-Ing. Carsten Müller	Member	PreussenElektra GmbH, Essenbach
Ottokar Panzer	Member	Framatome – IBGPP, Erlangen
Dr. Axel Pichlmaier	Member	Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II)/TU München
Dipl.-Phys. Hans-Joachim Rauh	Member	TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH, München
Dipl.-Ing. Tom-Oliver Solisch	Member	ESN Sicherheit und Zertifizierung GmbH, Schwentinental