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  • Background articles, Posts

    Exchange of information across borders

    «I do a lot of travelling for ENSI. On bilateral and international committees we discuss safety requirements and initiate measures to make them more stringent where necessary. The safety authorities cultivate a frank exchange of information. Swiss experts, for instance, support French colleagues during inspections of their nuclear power plants – and vice-versa. In this…

    Domains/Sections, ENSI, ENSI as an employer, Organisation
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    Dialogue strengthens safety culture

    «I work in an interdisciplinary team of psychologists and engineers. For me people are not sources of error, but a safety factor. Suitable organisational framework conditions are needed for this purpose. We review these as part of our supervisory work. With our activity we wish to trigger a dialogue in and with those responsible for…

    Domains/Sections, ENSI, ENSI as an employer, Human and organisational factors, Organisation
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  • Background articles, Posts

    ENSI’s tasks

    150 employees of the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate ENSI work every day in various fields for the nuclear safety of the Swiss population.

    Domains/Sections, ENSI, ENSI as an employer, ENSI as regulatory body, Organisation
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  • Background articles, Posts

    We vouch for the safety of the population.

    «ENSI’s successful supervisory work largely depends on the quality of its staff. It is not only their experience and special qualifications that are needed, but also their values, their attitude and their ability to enter into a critical, but constructive relationship with operators and with the stakeholders in politics and society.»

    ENSI, ENSI as an employer, ENSI as regulatory body, Mission statement, Organisation
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  • Background articles, Posts

    A credible partner in questions of nuclear safety

    Council’s energy strategy for 2050 is based on a gradual withdrawal from the nuclear energy programme. Under the new conditions, ENSI, as a specialised body of the Confederation that is politically and economically independent, also ensures the safety of nuclear installations.

    ENSI, ENSI Board, Organisation, The ENSI Board
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  • News, Posts

    After Fukushima, ENSI reviewed its own oversight culture and derived appropriate measures

    Analyses of the events in Fukushima revealed that the operator was not solely responsible for the failures in the run-up to the earthquake and tsunami, but rather that the supervisory authorities were also partly responsible. The Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI) therefore took this opportunity to review its own oversight culture.

    ENSI, Integrated Oversight, Nuclear Safety and Security
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  • Oversight Culture 2015: ENSI Report on Oversight Practice

    Documents, ENSI, Human and organisational factors, Integrated Oversight, Nuclear Safety and Security, Other documents
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  • News, Posts

    ENSI experts collaborate in the European harmonisation of emergency protection measures

    In future, there are to be no further contradictions between neighbouring countries with regard to emergency measures in the immediate aftermath of serious nuclear accidents. Europe’s two most important bodies for nuclear oversight and radiation protection have developed the so-called HERCA-WENRA Approach in order to bring about harmonisation.

    Emergency Preparedness, ENSI, Multilateral Cooperation, Radiation Protection
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  • News, Posts

    US delegation interested in Swiss methods for waste management

    On Monday morning, members of the US Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (US NWTRB) visited the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI) in Brugg. During their visit, they were particularly interested in the Swiss procedure as part of the Sectoral Plan for Deep Geological Repositories (SGT), and above all the integrated process for waste management work.

    Bilateral Cooperation, ENSI, Waste Management
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