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IAEA Regulators’ Conference 2026: Perspectives on a resilient regulatory culture
Read Article: IAEA Regulators’ Conference 2026: Perspectives on a resilient regulatory cultureFrom 27 to 30 April 2026, ENSI participated in the Regulators’ Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna. In the panel discussion on resilient regulatory culture, ENSI Director General Marc Kenzelmann presented ENSI’s perspective.
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CNS Review Meeting 2026: positive result for Switzerland and identified challenge concerning the availability of national expertise
Switzerland received a positive overall assessment at the tenth Review Meeting of the Convention on Nuclear Safety. Alongside several areas where its performance was assessed as particularly good, one key challenge was identified concerning the long-term availability of technical expertise.
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Typical Swiss characteristics and their influence on safety and oversight culture
Professionalism, precision, personal responsibility: such typical Swiss characteristics support a good safety culture. Other typical characteristics, such as a focus on consensus and complacency, on the other hand, could have a negative influence, writes the NEA/OECD in its recently published report on the Country-Specific Safety Culture Forum Switzerland held at the end of 2024.
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New Chief of Staff of the Directorate Division
On 25 March, the Board of the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI) appointed Patrick Tschudin as the new Chief of Staff of the Directorate Division. He will take up his post on 1 August this year. The lawyer and current head of the Legal Section succeeds Andreas Schefer, who will continue to work for…
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Supplementary Diorit decommissioning project at PSI meets protection objectives
PSI has clearly demonstrated that the supplementary decommissioning project of the Diorit nuclear installation can comply with the basic protection objectives of nuclear safety and security. This is the conclusion reached by ENSI in its expert report.