The Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) is a non-profit organisation which deals with technical-scientific research and provides expertise. The company administers interdisciplinary knowledge, progressive methods and qualified data.

GRS was established as a business in January 1977. The headquarters are in Cologne, other sites include: Berlin, Braunschweig and Garching nearby Munich. Currently, there are approximately 450 employees at GRS, 350 of whom work in the technical-scientific sector. GRS is only financed by contracts and the present annual volume of contracts is worth 57 million €.

Customers of GRS
GRS’s main customers are:
• The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. (BMU)
• The Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology. (BMWi)
• The Federal Ministry for Education and Research. (BMBF)
• The Department for Foreign Affairs
• The Federal Agency for Radiation Protection (BfS)

Furthermore, GRS works on contracts from the Federal State Authority, the Federal Environmental Agency and the Technical Supervisory Board. An important international customer is the European Commission.

Shareholders and Administrative Bodies
46% of GRS is owned by the Federal Government of Germany, another 46% by the Technische Überwachungsvereine (TÜV) and the Germanische Lloyd. Respectively, 4% of the shares are owned by the State of North Rhineland and the Free State of Bavaria.
The administrative bodies of GRS are the General Assembly, the Supervisory Board and its general management. The chairwoman of the supervisory board is the parliamentary state secretary Ursula Heinen-Esser (BMU).