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  • Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) Mission to Switzerland

  • News

    EU Stress Test: high safety level of Swiss nuclear power plants is confirmed

    The experts of the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG) have joined others in awarding good marks to Switzerland’s nuclear power plants. In their assessment of Switzerland’s National Report for the EU Stress Test, the EU experts conclude that Swiss nuclear power plants meet the international safety requirements in all areas, and Switzerland is even…

  • Documents

    ENSI Act

    Here you find the Federal Act concerning the Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI Act, ENSIG) of 22 June 2007 (page in German).

  • ENSI’s Remit

    ENSI monitors the operation of nuclear plants

  • IAEA
    News

    IAEA recommends strengthening ENSI

    Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recommend that the position of the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI) should be strengthened. Specifically, it should be possible for final decisions to be taken by ENSI rather than by the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC). In addition, committees should submit their…

  • FORGE

    FORGE, Fate of Repository Gases: Because of corrosion processes or due to the metabolism of microbes that are present, the metals and organic substances stored in a deep geological repository produce gases such as hydrogen and methane in the storage galleries.

  • ARTIST

    ARTIST − Aerosol Trapping in the Steam Generator: the international ARTIST project examines PWR accident sequences involving core melt-down, steam generator heating tube rupture and faulty steam generator insulation. In accident sequences of this sort, radioactive substances may bypass the safety systems and be discharged directly into the environment.

  • Radioanalysis

    Development and Research Work in the Field of Radioanalysis: radioanalytical work comprises chemical and physical-chemical investigations in connection with nuclear radiation measurements on a wide variety of samples containing radionuclides.

  • Im August 1955 nahmen Forscher auf dem Gelände des Eidgenössischen Instituts für Reaktorforschung (EIR) in Würenlingen (AG) den „Diorit“-Reaktor in Betrieb.

    OECD Database Projects

    OECD Database Projects: these projects promote the international exchange of experience regarding incidents in and damage to nuclear power plant components which could trigger accidents.