Developments in the technical and legal basis of nuclear oversight Within its program for regulatory safety research, the Inspectorate awards and coordinates research projects designed to identify and develop knowledge and expertise that can be made available to the regulatory process. This research is geared to current regulatory issues and those likely to be relevant […]
This Surveillance Report is a part of a comprehensive system of reporting by the Inspectorate. In addition to this report, the Inspectorate publishes a separate Radiological Protection Report, a Research and Experience Report and a Management Report. These four reports appear each spring. The original language for all reports is German but the prefaces, introductions […]
Dans ce rapport annuel 2005, la DSN donne une vue d’ensemble de la radioprotection dans son domaine de surveillance. Jusqu’à présent, les thèmes qui le constituent étaient abordés et traités dans le rapport de dosimétrie et dans celui sur la radioactivité de l’environnement, destinés tous deux à l’Office fédéral de la santé publique et élaborés […]
Developments in the technical and legal basis of nuclear oversight The Inspectorate awards and coordinates research projects in the field of regulatory safety research, which are designed to identify and to develop knowledge and expertise which can be made available for regulatory purposes. This research is geared to regulatory issues of both current relevance and […]
The new Nuclear Energy Act (KEG) and the new Nuclear Energy Ordinance (KEV) came into force on 1st February 2005 marking the culmination of decades of work to create a new legislative framework for nuclear energy. A comparison with legislation in other countries shows that the KEG and KEV provide Switzerland with modern legislation covering […]
The Annual Report of the Swiss Nuclear Safety Inspectorate for 2004 provides an overview of the Inspectorate’s work in supervising radiological protection in nuclear installations. In the past, the subjects covered by this Report formed part of the Dosimetry and Environmental Radioactivity reports compiled by the Inspectorate and supplied to the Swiss Federal Office of […]
Developments in the technical and legal basis of nuclear oversight Switzerland’s new Nuclear Energy Act (KEG) requires the relevant authorities to provide the public with regular information on the state of nuclear facilities. Our previous reports already took account of this requirement. However, in the future, we shall provide four separate reports every year, each […]
The main focus of the Inspectorate’s activities during 2003 was again the supervision of operations and maintenance at the Beznau, Gösgen, Leibstadt and Mühleberg nuclear power plants. These activities are reported in Chapters 1–4 of this report. Chapter 5 deals with general issues relating to nuclear power plants, such as emergency preparedness and inspections. Read […]
At the request of the Swiss Government authorities, an IAEA team of eleven experts visited the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (HSK) to conduct an International Regulatory Review Team (IRRT) mission. The purpose of the mission was to review the effectiveness of the regulatory body of Switzerland and to exchange information and experience in the regulation of nuclear, radiation, […]
