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Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate ENSI
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…
In 2009, as in previous years, ENSI rated the operation of the Swiss nuclear facilities as safe. Nevertheless, it was not an optimal year for nuclear safety. After systematic safety reviews at the Leibstadt and Mühleberg nuclear power plants, ENSI awarded both facilities a «good» rating. Both facilities were able to maintain the high safety…
On January 1st 2009, HSK became ENSI, the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate and at the same time the new body became independent of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy. However, the remit of the new regulatory body remains unchanged. ENSI continues to monitor ionising radiation and radioactivity in Swiss nuclear facilities and their immediate…
