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    Fourth Extraordinary Meeting of the Joint Convention decides on improvements to the review process

    The parties to the Joint Convention met under Swiss presidency from 4 to 6 May 2022 for an extraordinary meeting at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna. The purpose of the meeting was to further develop the review processes of the international Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive…

    ENSI, Waste Management
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    In its final report, the IRRS Mission calls for a national competence management strategy

    The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has presented its final report on the review of nuclear oversight in Switzerland. The conclusion: ENSI acts as an independent and progressive regulatory authority in accordance with internationally applicable safety standards. The IRRS Mission 2021 team of experts sees the greatest challenge for oversight in Switzerland as the long-term…

    ENSI, ENSI as regulatory body, IRRS Mission 2021, Multilateral Cooperation
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    Review Conference on the Security of Nuclear Material

    The first review conference of the Amended Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material took place from 28 March to 1 April 2022. Switzerland lobbied for a repeated review of the implementation of the Amended Convention, to be carried out in five years time as part of an IAEA conference.

    ENSI, Multilateral Cooperation, Security
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    The Federal Council elects Paul Bossart as new member of ENSI Board

    At its meeting on 4 March 2022, the Federal Council followed the proposal of the ENSI Board and elected Paul Bossart as a new member of the ENSI Board. Paul Bossart will take office on 1 April 2022.

    ENSI, ENSI Board, Organisation, The ENSI Board
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    Tanja Manser resigned from the ENSI Board at the end of December 2021

    In pursuit of new career challenges, Tanja Manser announced her resignation from the ENSI Board at the end of December 2021. With her departure, the ENSI Board is losing a member who brought important know-how and experience to the Board in the areas of safety, organisational culture and risk management.

    ENSI, ENSI Board, Organisation, The ENSI Board
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    IAEA Fukushima Conference Identifies New International Recommendations for Action

    The international conference “A Decade of Progress after Fukushima Daiichi” was held in Vienna from 8 to 12 November 2021. Organised by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the event dealt with the lessons learned from the nuclear accident in an effort to further strengthen nuclear safety. Primarily, the discussions at the conference resulted in…

    ENSI, Fukushima
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    25th Anniversary of the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory: Independent research improves safety

    The Mont Terri Rock Laboratory has been carrying out geological experiments in the Opalinus Clay since 1996 to assess it as a host rock for the deep geological disposal of Swiss radioactive waste and as a storage rock for CO2. On the occasion of the 25th Anniversary in the town of St Ursanne in the…

    Deep geological repositories, Deep geological repositories and interim storage, Mont Terri, Mont Terri Rock Laboratory, Research, Technical Forum on Safety, Waste Management
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    IRRS Mission 2021: IAEA approves ENSI as an independent and progressive regulatory authority

    Swiss nuclear safety oversight complies with the internationally applicable standards of the IAEA regulatory framework. This is the outcome of the IRRS mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency that concluded on Friday. ENSI will be implementing the improvement suggestions of the team of experts with an own package of measures.

    ENSI, ENSI as regulatory body, IRRS Mission 2021, Multilateral Cooperation
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    IRRS Mission to Switzerland: Swiss nuclear oversight under international review

    The IRRS mission will be taking place in Switzerland from 18 to 29 October 2021. As part of this mission, experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will be reviewing the Swiss regulatory system and ENSI’s work.

    ENSI, ENSI as regulatory body, IRRS Mission 2021, Multilateral Cooperation
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