Overview on Occupational Radiation Exposure of German Aircrew and Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic

The main tasks of the German National Radiation Dose Register (SSR), which is a facility of the Federal Office of Radiation Protection (BfS), is the collection and surveillance of occupational radiation doses from workers which are occupationally exposed to ionising radiation. Furthermore, the SSR regularly performs statistical analyses of the collected data in order to explore the state of the art and trends of the occupational radiation exposure. A solid and broad knowledge in that respect is the basis to further optimise the operational radiation protection. In this context, the SSR performed a thorough analysis of the exposure situation of aircraft personnel since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.