Swiss federal authorities

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

  • 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).

  • KKB Beznau
    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.

Background articles

  • 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).

  • KKB Beznau
    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.

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