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Switzerland’s nuclear plants must prove safety features

Swiss nuclear plants need more safety reviews FRANKFURT, Jan 10 (Reuters)  by Vera Eckert, – Switzerland’s safety precautions for its nuclear reactors must be further reviewed and more proof that they can withstand major earthquakes must be filed by the end of March, its nuclear safety authority ENSI said on Tuesday.

The assessment was made in the context of stress tests which the country demanded last June in line with the European Union following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan last year.

Switzerland was among seven EU neighbours that agreed to follow the bloc’s lead by imposing new safety checks. “These safety measures will be based on toughter risk assumptions than
assumed in EU stress tests,” the authority said in a statement on its website. “ENSI will assess the plants’ assurances. Results are due by end-June.”

Should they be viewed as insufficient to offer protection against natural disasters, in particular the combination of earthquakes and failure of dams near power stations, ENSI could in theory require plants to stop production, it said…..
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/10/switzerland-nuclear-ensi-idUSL6E8CA3E620120110

January 11, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, Switzerland