The Department consists of 3 sections:

The HSE Section is responsible for important Institute level tasks as security control, reception service, physical protection, occupational health service and other HSE work.

The main task of the Radiation Protection Section is to ensure that use and handling of radiation sources and radioactive materials are in agreement with national laws, regulations and guidelines and with recommendations from international organisations.

The Environmental Monitoring Section performs surveillance of discharges of radioactive nuclides to air and water from IFE’s nuclear activities at Kjeller, to ensure that the discharge limits given by the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority are not exceeded.

The Department provides services for industry, health institutions, research establishments and national authorities in the areas of radiation protection, analysis of radioactive materials, radioecology and radioactive waste. This is presented in more detail under each section.

The Department’s research activities include the joint Norwegian-Russian investigations of radioactive contamination in the Arctic areas as well as radioecology projects within the EU’s 4th and 5th framework programmes and Nordic safety research co-operation. The Department also takes part in several projects related to radiation protection and radioactive waste, such as measurements, analysis and guidance in connection with decommissioning of platforms and other installations used in the oil and gas industry.