Eidgenössisches Nuklearsicherheitsinspektorat ENSI
2024 Oversight Report: Nuclear power plants complied with approved operating conditions
Brugg (ots)
ENSI assessed the safety condition of the nuclear power plants as good overall for 2024. All reportable events were of minor significance for nuclear safety. This is the conclusion reached by ENSI in its 2024 Oversight Report.
In 2024, nuclear power plant operators (NPPs) in Switzerland complied with the approved operating conditions. There were 34 reportable nuclear safety events in the year under review, all of which were classified by ENSI as Level 0 on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES).
The Zwilag Central Interim Storage Facility recorded two events, both of which were rated INES Level 0. The Paul Scherrer Institute and the Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne recorded no reportable events.
Emissions of radioactive material from nuclear installations into the environment were once again well below the approved limits in 2024. Protection of the public and the environment against the effects of radiation was ensured at all times.
At the end of November 2024, the National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nagra), submitted its general licence applications to the Swiss Federal Office of Energy for a deep geological repository in the North of Lägern site area (canton of Zurich) and an encapsulation plant in Würenlingen (canton of Aargau). ENSI is responsible for the safety assessment and, as a first step, checked the applications for completeness during the year under review.
2024 Oversight Report: Nuclear power plants complied with approved operating conditions " ENSI
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