Professor Hajo Zeeb appointed as an expert to UNSCEAR

The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety has appointed Professor Hajo Zeeb, head of department "Prevention and Evaluation" at BIPS, as an expert to the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR). UNSCEAR has dealt with the levels and effects of ionizing radiation from natural and artificial sources since 1955. The commission meets in plenary once a year. The 61st session will take place in Vienna from 21 to 25 July 2014.