Legal provisions and Technical Rules and Regulations
Illustration depicting the regulatory pyramid
Hierarchy of the national regulations, the authority or institution issuing them, and their degree of bindingness:

Federal legislator:
- Basic law (generelly binding)
- Atomic Energy Act, Radiation Protection Act, Site Selection Act (generelly binding)
Federal Government (Bundesrat):
- Ordinances (generelly binding)
- General administrative provisions (binding for authorities)
Federal Government (Land authorities):
- BMU publications (binding by specification in the license or by supervisory measures in the individual case):
- Safety Requierements for Nuclear Power Plans
- Guidelines and recommendations
Advisory bodies and The Nuclear Safety Standards Commission (KTA):
- RSK, SSK and ESK guidelines (binding by specification in the license or by supervisory measures in the individual case)
- RSK, SSK and ESK recommendations (binding by specification in the license or by supervisory measures in the individual case)
- KTA safety standards (binding by specification in the license or by supervisory measures in the individual case)
Industry:
- Technical specifications for components and systems (binding by specification in the license or by supervisory measures in the individual case)
- Organisation and operating manuals (binding by specification in the license or by supervisory measures in the individual case)