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Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate ENSI
In this 9th Annual Report, ENSI focusses on radiological protection in Swiss nuclear facilities. The average individual dose has changed little compared with previous years. At 0.7 mSv, it is significantly below the limit both for persons exposed to radiation during their work (20 mSv) and the annual average rate of exposure for the population…
There were no incidents in Swiss nuclear power plants in 2012 that could have had a detrimental effect on the safety of people and the environment. This is evident from an evaluation the results of over 400 inspections, both unannounced and announced, together with operating data and event notifications from plant operators. Download document…
This Research and Experience Report describes and rates the findings of the regulatory research into safety, specific instructive events from nuclear facilities abroad, news regarding the international cooperation as well as current changes and developments in underlying surveillance principles in 2012.
This Annual Report of ENSI deals solely with radiological protection in nuclear facilities in Switzerland: Section A covers both exposure rates for staff and individual job rates whereas Section B deals with releases from nuclear facilities and the monitoring of radioactivity in their immediate vicinity. Compared with previous years, there was little change in either…
Developments in the technical and legal basis of nuclear oversight: This Research and Experience Report describes and rates the findings of the regulatory research into safety, specific instructive events from nuclear facilities abroad, news regarding the international cooperation as well as current changes and developments in underlying surveillance principles. While chapters 1 to 5 target an…
The central message of the 2011 Oversight Report of ENSI, the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate is both clear and brief: There were no incidents in Swiss nuclear facilities during 2011 that could have compromised human safety. In recent years, such a rational statement had, for many, become routine. However, in 2011 that was no…
This is the 7th Annual Report of ENSI on radiological protection in Swiss nuclear facilities. Section A deals with doses for staff and individual jobs and Section B covers releases from nuclear facilities and the monitoring of environmental radioactivity in their immediate vicinity.
Since the catastrophic events at the Fukushima plant in Japan on 11 March 2011, there has been a fundamental shift in the way the public regards nuclear facilities in Switzerland. Just one month before Fukushima, the electorate in the canton of Bern had voted in favour of a replacement nuclear power plant at Mühleberg on…
Developments in the technical and legal basis of nuclear oversight Aware of its responsibilities in the surveillance of nuclear facilities, ENSI is required to stay abreast of the latest developments in science and technology. Hence, it supports and coordinates research into safety the results of which feed often directly into the ENSI Guidelines and specific…
