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  • Regelwerk ENSI
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    ENSI Board approves strategy for ENSI’s regulatory framework

    The regulatory framework of the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI) is harmonised with the relevant international requirements. ENSI only issues its own guidelines when it is necessary to do so, and it involves all the stakeholders when it drafts them. These principles are stated in a new strategy for the regulatory framework which the…

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    More power and competences should be given to ENSI, IAEA experts say

    The Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI) should be the only authority to make the final decision on issues related to the safety of nuclear installations. In the course of a follow-up mission by the Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS), experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) re-emphasised this recommendation, which dates back to…

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    ENSI reports to the IAEA on radioactive waste and spent fuel elements

    The Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI) today submitted the fifth Swiss National Report in connection with the international Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management (the “Joint Convention”) to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

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    International Meeting at ENSI on Harmonisation of Emergency Preparedness in Europe

    The Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI) welcomed the international experts of a working group of the Heads of European Radiological Protection Competent Authorities (HERCA). At the meeting in Brugg, almost 30 specialists discussed subjects including the implementation of the European radiation protection directive. For a number of years now, this working group has focused…

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    International community adopts Swiss idea for improving nuclear power plant safety

    The international community has committed to continuously improving the safety of nuclear power plants around the world. The Contracting Parties participating in the Diplomatic Conference to the Convention on Nuclear Safety CNS in Vienna reached a consensus on the Vienna Declaration on Nuclear Safety. The Declaration includes safety principles derived from the original Swiss proposal…

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    Federal Council Appoints ENSI’s Director General Wanner as Head of Delegation to Conference on Amending Convention on Nuclear Safety

    The countries which are contracting parties to the Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS) will meet in Vienna on 9 February 2015 to discuss a Swiss proposal to improve the safety of nuclear power plants. On Wednesday, the Federal Council appointed Hans Wanner, Director General of the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI) to head the delegation,…

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    Switzerland is consistently implementing recommendations of EU Stress Test

    Switzerland is on course with its implementation of recommendations resulting from the EU Stress Test. This emerges from the status report submitted to the European Union (EU) by the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI).

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    5000th Visitor at the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory

    Last saturday, the 5000th visitor of 2014 has been welcomed at the Visitor Center of the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory. ENSI participates in the Rock Laboratory with its own research projects. As a project partner, ENSI offers guided tours of the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory to interested groups.

  • Ausserordentliche Konferenz zur Convention on Nuclear Safety CNS
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    Switzerland is lobbying to introduce stricter safety provisions for nuclear power plants throughout the world

    At the beginning of February 2015, the international community will discuss a Swiss amendment proposal to improve the Convention on Nuclear Safety: its aim is to enhance the safety of nuclear power plants throughout the world. ENSI is currently working to persuade Contracting Parties to amend the CNS.