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- Swiss Federal Interim Storage Facility (BZL)
- EventsVorkommnisse
- Transports and Containers
- DecommissioningTransport
- Periodic safety inspection and safety verification
- Technical Forum on Nuclear Power Plants
Deep geological repository storage
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  Deep geological repository storage
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- Deep geological repositoriesGeologische Tiefenlager
- Proposed deep geological repository location
- Technical Safety Forum
Radiation protection
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- Radioactivity
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    Radioactivity
    Overview
  - Surveillance
- Radiation protection in nuclear installations
- Education and training programmes
- Effects of radiation
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  Emergency preparedness
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- Precautions
- In the event of an incident
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    In the event of an incident
    Overview
  - Alerting
  - Emergency classes
  - Dispersion models
  - Accident Diagnostics, Analysis and Management (ADAM)
  - Automatic dose rate monitoring network in the vicinity of nuclear facilities (MADUK)
- ENSI emergency response organisation
Research
- Back
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  Overview
- Long-term operation of nuclear power plants
- Effects of earthquakes on nuclear installations
- Deep geological repositories and interim storage
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Quantity of radionuclides (number of nuclear decays per time interval).

A

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ADAM
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Alerting
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B

Barrier Principle
Beznau interim storage facility (ZWIBEZ)
Beznau Nuclear Power Plant
Bilateral Cooperation

C

Career
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Conventions
Core Shroud
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Court decisions concerning the Mühleberg NPP

D

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Deep geological repositories
Deep geological repositories and interim storage
Deep Geological Repository Storage
Defense in depth
Dispersion Models
Documents
Doel and Tihange
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E

Earthquakes
Education and Training
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Emergency exercises in nuclear installations
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F

FAQ and Series
Flooding
Forms
Fukushima
Fukushima Action Plan

G

Glossary
Gösgen NPP
Gösgen Nuclear Power Plant
Guidelines

H

Human and organisational factors

I

IDA NOMEX
In the Event of an Incident
Integrated Oversight
Interim storage facilities
International
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International Conventions
International Nuclear Event Scale (INES)
IPPAS-Mission 2018/2023
IRRS Mission 2011/2015
IRRS Mission 2021

J

jobs-stellen
Jurisdiction

L

Legal and Regulatory Framework
Legal Basis
Leibstadt Nuclear Power Plant
Long-term Operation of Nuclear Power Plants

M

MADUK
Measured Value about Swiss nuclear power plants
Memberships
Mission statement
Mont Terri
Mont Terri Rock Laboratory
Mühleberg Nuclear Power Plant
Mühleberg nuclear power plant (decommissioned)
Multilateral Cooperation

N

Nuclear Facilities
Nuclear Power Plants
Nuclear Safety and Security

O

Open vacancies
Organisation
Organogram
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Overview Legal Basis

P

Paul Scherrer Institute
PEGASOS
Periodic Safety Inspection and Safety Verification
Precautions
Propagation
Proposed Deep Geological Repository Location
Protection goals
Protection objectives
PSI Nuclear Facilities

R

Radiation Exposure of Humans and the Environment
Radiation Protection
Radiation Protection in Nuclear Installations
Radioactivity
Reports
Reports on Fukushima
Requirements
Research
Research reactors

S

Safety Culture
Security
Strategy documents
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Surveillance
Swiss Federal Interim Storage Facility
Swiss Federal Interim Storage Facility (BZL)

T

Technical Forum on Nuclear Power Plants
Technical Forum on Nuclear Power Plants
Technical Forum on Safety
Technical Safety Forum
Ten Years on from Fukushima
The ENSI Board
Topical Peer Review I Ageing
Topical Peer Review II 2023
Transport
Transport and Containers

U

Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events

V

Various regulations

W

Waste Management
Würenlingen AG interim storage facility (ZWILAG)
Würenlingen Interim Storage Facility (Zwilag)

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