The committee's topics are:

1. Medical-biological effects of ionizing radiation
2. Health risk assessment of ionizing radiation in the working and in the private environment, evaluated on the basis of epidemiological data
3. Probabilities of causation of diseases following the exposure to ionizing radiation
4. Statements and recommendations on the national implementation of international directives and recommendations (e. g. EURATOM directives, ICRP recommendations)
5. Scientific monitoring of the health data of the former SDAG Wismut (“German Uranium Miners Studies”)
6. Contributions to risk communication
7. Evaluation of low radiation doses, of the bystander effect, radiation induced genomic instability, and of individual radiosensitivity
8. Comparative assessment of different environmental risks