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  • Background articles, Posts

    Ten Years on from Fukushima (1/6): The lead-up to the 2011 Disaster

    After Chernobyl, the Fukushima accident of 11 March 2011 is history’s most serious reactor accident. An expert team from ENSI carried out an in-depth analysis of the circumstances leading up to the disaster. As a result, ENSI was able to derive important conclusions both for its own regulatory role and for the safety of Swiss…

    ENSI, Fukushima, Ten Years on from Fukushima
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  • News, Posts

    IAEA Director General receives an insight into Swiss backfitting philosophy

    ENSI experts gave the Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, a guided tour of the Beznau nuclear power plant during a working visit to Switzerland. Grossi was given a picture of the continuous improvements made to nuclear safety as laid down in the Vienna Declaration, in the setting of the Beznau…

    Beznau Nuclear Power Plant, ENSI
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  • News, Posts

    Nuclear security: Switzerland aims to strengthen cybersecurity

    In a recent meeting, ENSI Director Hans Wanner and IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi discussed the latest issues and future challenges in nuclear safety and security. The meeting took place during the third International Conference on Nuclear Security organised by the IAEA in Vienna.

    ENSI, Multilateral Cooperation
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  • News

    ENSI Director General resigns WENRA chair

    ENSI Director General Hans Wanner is resigning from his position as WENRA chairperson. His replacement is Olivier Gupta, Director General of the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN). The official handover occurred as part of the celebrations of WENRA’s 20th anniversary, which took place in connection with an IAEA conference in The Hague.

    ENSI
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  • News, Posts

    Convention on Nuclear Safety: Switzerland publishes 8th National Report

    Switzerland implements the requirements of the Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS). This emerges from the 8th National Report to the CNS, submitted this week by the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI) to the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA.

    ENSI
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  • 8th National Report of Switzerland to the Convention on Nuclear Safety

    Switzerland has submitted its 8th National Report to the Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS) at the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA in Vienna.

    Conventions, Documents, ENSI, Topical Peer Review Ageing
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  • News, Posts

    Russian delegation shows interest in the Swiss site selection process for deep geological repositories

    In mid-January, a delegation from the Nuclear Regulatory body of Russia and the Russian Scientific and Engineering Centre for Nuclear and Radiation Safety visited ENSI to learn more about the search for a site for deep geological repositories in Switzerland. In addition to the site selection process, the next step in Russia is the construction…

    Bilateral Cooperation, Deep geological repositories, ENSI
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  • News, Posts

    Fall in liquid radioactive releases from Swiss nuclear plants

    Swiss nuclear facilities successfully reduced their liquid radioactive releases in recent years. This emerged from the seventh report submitted by Switzerland on the implementation of the OSPAR Convention.

    Emissions, ENSI, Multilateral Cooperation
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    News, Posts

    Switzerland commits to international cooperation in nuclear security

    At the 62nd General Conference of the IAEA in Vienna, Switzerland last week committed itself to the strengthening of nuclear safety and security at the global level. ENSI also participated in bilateral discussions with international partners on the imortant topics of safety culture, emergency preparedness and the international security of nuclear installations and materials.

    ENSI, Multilateral Cooperation, Security
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