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    EU Stress Test confirms safety of Swiss nuclear power plants

    The EU Stress Test provides renewed confirmation that Swiss nuclear power plants maintain a high standard of safety, and that the measures implemented to date on the basis of knowledge gained from Fukushima are correct. Taking account of the submissions from operators, the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI) has, however, identified a further eight…

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    The IRRS Mission to Switzerland

    The Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate ENSI is the supervisory authority for nuclear safety and security. The scope of the IRRS mission to Switzerland covers all facilities and activities that are supervised by ENSI.

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    Swiss nuclear power plants will cope with flooding

    All of Switzerland’s nuclear power plants will cope with an extreme flood of the sort that may occur on average once every 10,000 years, in addition to their ability to cope with other hazards. Even if the external power supply fails at the same time as the flood occurs, the plants can be brought into…

  • Aufsichtsbericht 2010
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    ENSI’s annual reports are now available

    The annual reports of ENSI concerning the year 2010 are available on ENSI’s website. The Surveillance Report pertains to the way ENSI perceived its responsibilities in 2010 and how it assessed nuclear safety in that year. ENSI monitors the entire life cycle of a nuclear facility, from initial planning, construction, commissioning and operation through to…

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    Switzerland demands a strengthening of international safety monitoring

    At the OECD Forum in Paris, ENSI Director Hans Wanner argued for a strengthening of the international monitoring of nuclear power. This followed comments by the Swiss Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard at yesterday’s meeting of minsters from the G8 and G20 countries on nuclear safety in Paris during which she called for internationally binding safety…

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    ENSI issues directives for the EU Stress Test

    On Wednesday evening, the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate, ENSI issued directives on the EU Stress Test to operators of nuclear power plants in Switzerland. This is the 4th directive to be issued by ENSI since the accident in Fukushima.

  • Externes Lager für Notfälle
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    External emergency store now ready

    Operators of nuclear power plants in Switzerland have met the ENSI deadline of 1 June 2011 for the creation of an external store for emergency equipment. ENSI inspectors consider that the store meets its requirements.