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Radiation protection serves to protect personnel, the population and the surroundings of nuclear installations against ionising radiation.

ENSI deals with occupational radiological protection, dosimetry, radiation measurement systems, radioactive emissions and environmental monitoring, as well as with the radiological impact of accidents.

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    Commission on Safety Standards: Priorities defined for nuclear safety

    The first meeting of the Commission on Safety Standards (CSS) for the 2024 – 2027 term took place from the 28 – 30 May 2024. The emphasis of the meeting was on summarizing the findings from the last term and developing priorities for the next four years. Switzerland is chairing the current term.

    ENSI, International, International Affairs, Multilateral Cooperation, Radiation Protection
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    The Spanish regulatory authority and ENSI in talks on radiation protection

    From 6 to 8 May 2024, a delegation from the Spanish regulatory authority visited ENSI. Discussions focused on the topic of radiation protection, in particular exchanging of experience relating to the Leibstadt NPP and to the Mühleberg NPP, which is currently being dismantled.

    Bilateral Cooperation, ENSI, International, International Affairs, Leibstadt Nuclear Power Plant, Mühleberg Nuclear Power Plant, Radiation Protection
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    Corrigendum to scientific article

    Corrigendum to the scientific article “Valid versus invalid radiation cancer risk assessment methods illustrated using Swiss population data”, published on 24 November 2021 in the Journal of Radiological Protection.

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    Tumour risk analysis: ENSI publishes scientific paper on calculation models

    Calculations of radiation-induced tumour risks should also take account of uncertainties in the models used. This is the conclusion reached by ENSI radiation protection expert Luana Hafner and physicist Alberto Stabilini in their scientific paper. In a collaboration with epidemiologist Linda Walsh, they compared different risk assessment models.

    Deep geological repositories and interim storage, Radiation Protection, Research
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    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).

    Emissions, MADUK, Measured Value about Swiss nuclear power plants, Radiation Protection, Radioactivity
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    Luana Hafner, ENSI’s radiation protection expert, receives the young scientist award from the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP)

    Luana Hafner, a specialist in radiological safety at ENSI, has been awarded the “Cousins Award for Young Scientists and Professionals” at the Sixth International Symposium on the System of Radiological Protection, in Vancouver.

    International Affairs, Radiation Protection
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    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, International Affairs, Radiation Protection, Radioactivity
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    ENSI publishes scientific paper on the latest findings in the calculation of tumour risks

    Using data derived from Japanese atomic bomb survivors, previous calculations of the risks of radiation-induced solid tumours overestimate the risk. This is the conclusion of a scientific paper by ENSI employee Luana Hafner. In cooperation with epidemiologists Linda Walsh and Werner Rühm, she presents a model with which these tumour risks can be calculated using…

    Radiation Protection
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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, International, International Affairs, Multilateral Cooperation, Radiation Protection
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