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  • News, Posts

    Organizational Meeting for the Eighth Review Conference of the Joint Convention under Swiss chairmanship

    At the end of March, the Organizational Meeting for the forthcoming Review Conference of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and of Radioactive Waste Management was held at the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). This year’s meeting also marked the end of the Swiss Chairmanship.

    ENSI, Multilateral Cooperation
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  • Multilateral cooperation

    The main aims of ENSI’s international cooperation are the global improvement of nuclear safety and security, and the strengthening of oversight in Switzerland. This is achieved through active participation in the international regulatory exchange of information and experience and through participation in international review missions. ENSI monitors the development of international safety standards and foreign…

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    Conclusion of the IPPAS Mission 2023: Switzerland has a strong nuclear security regime

    The conclusion of the experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) upon completion of the two-week review mission is that Switzerland has a robust nuclear security system. During the mission of the International Physical Protection Advisory Service IPPAS, from 30 October to 10 November 2023, the international team carried out a detailed examination of…

    ENSI, ENSI as regulatory body, Multilateral Cooperation, Security
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    Fire Protection in Nuclear Installations: Swiss National Report Submitted to ENSREG

    Swiss nuclear installations comply with WENRA’s fire protection requirements. This is the conclusion that ENSI has reached within the framework of the Topical Peer Review 2023. This European review was instigated by ENSREG.

    ENSI, ENSI as regulatory body, Multilateral Cooperation, Topical Peer Review Fire Protection
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    IPPAS Mission 2023: International experts to review Swiss nuclear security regime

    Switzerland is to be reviewed by experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) between 30 October and 10 November 2023, when the focus will be on national requirements and measures to protect nuclear installations and nuclear material, including radioactive material, from unauthorised actions.

    ENSI, ENSI as regulatory body, Multilateral Cooperation
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    The protection of nuclear installations in conflict areas took centre stage at the 67th IAEA General Conference

    The 67th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) took place in Vienna from 25 to 29 September 2023. The focus was on global nuclear safety and security, and the crisis in Ukraine. The General Conference was a success for Switzerland; all resolutions relevant for Switzerland were adopted by consensus after intensive negotiations.

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    «Thanks to modern radiation protection and technical progress, individual and collective doses in nuclear facilities have continuously decreased»

    ENSI took part in the third IAEA International Conference on Occupational Radiation Protection from 5 to 9 September 2022. Conferences like this help to improve the safety of workers exposed to radiation even more and to further develop the work and safety culture of licensees and regulators, said ENSI Director General Marc Kenzelmann at the…

    ENSI, ENSI as regulatory body, Multilateral Cooperation, Radiation Protection
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    In its final report, the IRRS Mission calls for a national competence management strategy

    The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has presented its final report on the review of nuclear oversight in Switzerland. The conclusion: ENSI acts as an independent and progressive regulatory authority in accordance with internationally applicable safety standards. The IRRS Mission 2021 team of experts sees the greatest challenge for oversight in Switzerland as the long-term…

    ENSI, ENSI as regulatory body, IRRS Mission 2021, Multilateral Cooperation
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    Review Conference on the Security of Nuclear Material

    The first review conference of the Amended Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material took place from 28 March to 1 April 2022. Switzerland lobbied for a repeated review of the implementation of the Amended Convention, to be carried out in five years time as part of an IAEA conference.

    ENSI, Multilateral Cooperation, Security
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