In Switzerland, on-going activities regarding safety assessment of the different stages in the lifetime of nuclear installations consist of periodic assessments and assessments of long-term operation for existing Swiss NPPs.

When it comes to international affairs, Switzerland has signed the Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS) on 31 October 1995. In November 2011, an IRRS Mission was conducted in Switzerland. The results of the mission are currently being implemented, and it is planned to have an IRRS Follow-Up Mission in 2015. In October 2012, an OSART Mission to the Mühleberg NPP was completed. Switzerland participated in the European Stress Test and its Follow-Up activities.

News

16 October 2015

Switzerland nominated Vice-President of the next CNS Review Meeting

A large majority of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Nuclear Safety have elected ENSI Deputy Director Georg Schwarz to be Vice-President of the 7th Review Meeting of the Convention. This will be held in spring 2017 in Vienna.

21 September 2015

ENSI promotes Nuclear Safety at the IAEA General Conference

At the 59th General Conference of the IAEA the representatives of the member states held discussions about various topics in the field of nuclear energy. The Swiss delegation with its representatives emphasised the international strengthening of nuclear safety.

17 September 2015

Swiss and Canadian nuclear supervision strengthen their collaboration

The ENSI and the CNSC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The agreement is intended to strengthen their collaboration and enhance the exchange of information between the two countries in nuclear regulatory matters.

23 June 2015

ENSI’s Director General Wanner heads the IAEA mission to Armenia

The Director General of the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate headed the group of international nuclear experts who inspected the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority on behalf of the International Atomic Energy Agency. No fewer than 62 “recommendations” on improving supervisory practice were issued.

28 May 2015

Participation in the Swiss Sectoral Plan for Deep Geological Repositories is internationally recognised as exemplary

International experts at the IAEA conference in Vienna have singled out Switzerland’s approach to the search for a location for a deep geological repository as exemplary.

11 May 2015

“Japan wants to learn from Switzerland”

A high-ranking representative of Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has visited the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI) in Brugg to obtain information about the legal provisions on maintaining and continuously improving the safety of nuclear power plants in Switzerland. The focus was on Periodic Safety Reviews (PSR) and on the backfitting obligation.

16 March 2015

ENSI reports to the IAEA on radioactive waste and spent fuel elements

The Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI) today submitted the fifth Swiss National Report in connection with the international Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management (the “Joint Convention”) to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

11 February 2015

International Meeting at ENSI on Harmonisation of Emergency Preparedness in Europe

ENSI welcomed the international experts belonging to a working group of the Heads of European Radiological Protection Competent Authorities (HERCA). At the meeting in Brugg, almost 30 specialists discussed subjects including the implementation of the European radiation protection directive.

9 February 2015

International community adopts Swiss idea for improving nuclear power plant safety

The international community has committed to continuously improving the safety of nuclear power plants around the world. All of the countries participating in a diplomatic conference on the agreement on nuclear safety in Vienna reached a consensus on a corresponding declaration.