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  • News, Posts

    25th Anniversary of the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory: Independent research improves safety

    The Mont Terri Rock Laboratory has been carrying out geological experiments in the Opalinus Clay since 1996 to assess it as a host rock for the deep geological disposal of Swiss radioactive waste and as a storage rock for CO2. On the occasion of the 25th Anniversary in the town of St Ursanne in the…

    Deep geological repositories, Deep geological repositories and interim storage, Mont Terri, Mont Terri Rock Laboratory, Research, Technical Forum on Safety, Waste Management
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  • News, Posts

    New international research projects

    ENSI is participating in two large-scale international research projects providing data on the ageing phenomena of reactors and on the operating and accident behaviour of fuel rods. The findings are being incorporated into ENSI’s safety assessments.

    Ageing, Research
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  • News

    Deep geological repositories: 150 experts discuss long-term safety

    On 4 and 5 November, ENSI hosts the DECOVALEX 2019 Symposium in Brugg. This research conference welcomes international delegates to discuss the long-term safety of deep geological repositories for radioactive waste.

    Deep geological repositories, Deep Geological Repository Storage, Mont Terri, Mont Terri Rock Laboratory
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  • 2017 Research and Experience Report – ENSI-AN-10294

    Annual reports, Deep geological repositories, Documents, Interim storage facilities, Mont Terri, Mont Terri Rock Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institute, Research, Transport, Waste Management
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  • News, Posts

    Research and Experience Report: new calculation method for independent assessment of transport and storage containers

    In future, the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate, ENSI, will be able to calculate the amount of heat dissipated from transport and storage containers by means of a new independent calculation tool. This has emerged from ENSI’s 2016 Research and Experience Report.

    Research, Waste Management
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  • Background articles, Posts

    Research means: taking a close look

    «Our current research projects, around 35 in number, deal with safety issues with a fascinating range of topics. They specifically support the independent oversight of ENSI. I see research as a catalyst. We want to answer open questions, including unpleasant ones. To do this we need to be alert for initiatives from all sides.»

    Domains/Sections, ENSI, Organisation, Research
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  • News

    5000th Visitor at the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory

    Last saturday, the 5000th visitor of 2014 has been welcomed at the Visitor Center of the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory. ENSI participates in the Rock Laboratory with its own research projects. As a project partner, ENSI offers guided tours of the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory to interested groups.

    Deep geological repositories, Deep geological repositories and interim storage, Mont Terri Rock Laboratory, Research
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  • Research

    Research on the management of radioactive waste Regulatory safety research is geared to current problems in supervision and those that can be foreseen over time. For the purposes of its regulatory safety research, ENSI awards and coordinates research mandates in order to determine and expand the current level of scientific and technical knowledge, and to…

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  • Felslabor Mont Terri
    Background articles

    Guided Tours of the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory

    The International Mont Terri Rock Laboratory is situated near the small town of St-Ursanne in the canton of Jura. At the Rock Laboratory, a total of 22 partners from Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, France, Japan, Canada, Spain and the US carry out research into the properties of Opalinus clay, which is a potential host rock for…

    Deep geological repositories and interim storage, Mont Terri, Mont Terri Rock Laboratory, Research
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