Data & Facts
GRS is financed through contracts. The annual volume of contracts currently amounts to approximately 47 million Euro. Main customers are the Federal Ministry for the environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour (BMWA), the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Other German customers are the authorities of the Länder (federal states), the Federal Environmental Agency, and the Foreign Office. The most important international customer is the European Commission.
Shareholders of the GRS
* Federal Republic of Germany (46%)
* Free State of Bavaria (4%)
* Land of North Rhine-Westphalia (4%)
* Technical Inspection Organisations (TÜV) and the Germanischer Lloyd (together 46%)
Executive Bodies of the GRS
* Meeting of shareholders
* Supervisory board (12 members)
Chairperson: Parliamentary State Secretary Ursula Heinen-Esser
* Managing directors:
Hans J. Steinhauer, Prof. Frank-Peter Weiß