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BMU
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The Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany.
The ministry’s primary functions include:
- Fundamental national environmental policy
- Informing and educating the public about environmental issues
- Environmental remediation and development in Eastern Germany
- Climate protection and energy
- Air quality control
- Noise abatement
- Conservation of groundwater, rivers, lakes and seas
- Soil conservation and remediation of contaminated sites
- Waste management and recycling policy
- Chemicals safety, environment and health
- Precautions against emergencies in industrial plants
- Protection, maintenance and sustainable utilization of biodiversity
- Safety of nuclear facilities
- Nuclear supply and disposal
- Radiological protection
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