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    IPPAS Mission 2023: International experts to review Swiss nuclear security regime

    Switzerland is to be reviewed by experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) between 30 October and 10 November 2023, when the focus will be on national requirements and measures to protect nuclear installations and nuclear material, including radioactive material, from unauthorised actions.

    ENSI, ENSI as regulatory body, Multilateral Cooperation
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    The protection of nuclear installations in conflict areas took centre stage at the 67th IAEA General Conference

    The 67th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) took place in Vienna from 25 to 29 September 2023. The focus was on global nuclear safety and security, and the crisis in Ukraine. The General Conference was a success for Switzerland; all resolutions relevant for Switzerland were adopted by consensus after intensive negotiations.

    ENSI, Multilateral Cooperation
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    Situation in Ukraine

    Information on the current situation in Ukraine with links to the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA, Western European Nuclear Regulators Association WENRA, Federal Office of Public Health FOPH and Federal Office for Civil Protection FOCP.

    ENSI, Events abroad
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    New ENSI research strategy

    ENSI has updated its research strategy in recent months and the ENSI Board approved it in January 2023. The focus in the coming years will be on radiation protection, the effects of earthquakes on nuclear facilities, the long-term operation of nuclear power plants and disposal issues.

    Research
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    Waste Management Programme 2021: ENSI submits seven requests for requirements

    ENSI has reviewed the waste management programme submitted by the parties obliged to carry out waste management at the end of 2021. In its assessment report, ENSI concludes that the parties obliged to carry out waste management have fulfilled their legal mandate. ENSI is submitting seven new requests for requirements to the Federal Council for…

    Deep geological repositories, Deep Geological Repository Storage, Waste Management
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    Corrigendum to scientific article

    Corrigendum to the scientific article “Valid versus invalid radiation cancer risk assessment methods illustrated using Swiss population data”, published on 24 November 2021 in the Journal of Radiological Protection.

    Radiation Protection
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    Convention on Nuclear Safety to evaluate two National Reports from Switzerland

    ENSI will be participating in the Ninth Review Meeting of the Convention on Nuclear Safety of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, scheduled to take place from 20 to 31 March. This year’s conference will be evaluating Switzerland’s Eighth and Ninth National Reports.

    ENSI, ENSI as regulatory body, Human and organisational factors
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    Integrated Oversight: ENSI updates safety indicators

    Based on oversight experience, ENSI has reviewed the safety indicators introduced within the framework of integrated oversight.

    ENSI, Nuclear Facilities
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    Tumour risk analysis: ENSI publishes scientific paper on calculation models

    Calculations of radiation-induced tumour risks should also take account of uncertainties in the models used. This is the conclusion reached by ENSI radiation protection expert Luana Hafner and physicist Alberto Stabilini in their scientific paper. In a collaboration with epidemiologist Linda Walsh, they compared different risk assessment models.

    Deep geological repositories and interim storage, Radiation Protection, Research
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