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  • Surveillance

    Radiation protection monitoring technology is used to ensure that the dose limit values for nuclear installation employees and the surrounding population are complied with. Employees of nuclear installations must wear personal dosimeters, which are evaluated monthly by accredited bodies such as Suva or the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH). Alongside the personal dose, the…

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  • Radioactivity

    Radioactivity is the property exhibited by an unstable atomic nucleus, according to which it spontaneously emits ionising radiation. ENSI is responsible for the protection of the personnel of nuclear installations, the population and the environment against ionising radiation. Further Information News Background articles Documents

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  • News, Posts

    MADUK: Display of measurement data improved

    ENSI has upgraded its MADUK web application. The MADUK monitoring network is used to monitor the radioactivity around nuclear power plants and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI).

    Emergency Preparedness, Emissions, MADUK, Measured Value about Swiss nuclear power plants, Radiation Protection, Radioactivity
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    News, Posts

    Liquid radioactive releases from Swiss nuclear facilities are at a low level

    Liquid radioactive substances from Swiss nuclear facilities that reach the Aare and Rhine rivers are well below the officially defined emission limits. This is the conclusion reached by ENSI in the Eighth Swiss Report on the Implementation of the OSPAR Recommendation on Radioactive Discharges.

    Emissions, Radiation Protection, Radioactivity
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  • Dose rates

    ENSI operates the MADUK system, a measurement network for automatic dose rate monitoring in the vicinity of the nuclear power plants (MADUK is a German acronym).

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