Federal Council approves ENSI Board’s 2024 activity and business report
The ENSI Board has assessed ENSI’s regulatory activities in relation to Switzerland’s nuclear installations as responsible, appropriate and of high quality.
The ENSI Board learnt about nuclear safety in Finland and Sweden
In autumn 2024, the Board of the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI) visited the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) and the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM). A visit to the nuclear power plants at the Olkiluoto site in Finland was also on the programme.
International Commitment Strengthens Nuclear Oversight
The continuous improvement of nuclear safety and security in Switzerland is the main concern of international cooperation. The regulatory exchange of information and experience plays an important role in this. The ENSI Board therefore updated and adopted the Strategy International Activities.
Long-term operation takes centre stage
With the service mandate from 2024 to 2027, the ENSI Board has set new targets for the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI). The focus of ENSI’s regulatory activities is now the safe long-term operation of the nuclear power plants.
Oskar Grözinger left the ENSI Board at the end of December 2023
At the end of 2023, Oskar Grözinger left the ENSI Board, as he has reached the statutory term limit of 12 years.
Election of the ENSI Board 2024 – 2027
The Swiss Federal Council confirms six incumbent members of the ENSI Board for the coming legislative period.
Andreas Abegg (Chairman)
Andreas Abegg has become member of the ENSI Board on 1 September 2019. The Federal Council has appointed Andreas Abegg as the new Chair of the ENSI Board effective 1 November 2020. He is Professor of Public Commercial Law at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) in Winterthur and Adjunct Professor at the University […]
Cornelia Spitzer (Vice-Chair)
In her role as Vice-Chair, Cornelia Spitzer has been a member of the ENSI Board since 1 November 2020. Until her retirement at the end of September 2020, she held the post of Technical Project Manager, Division of Nuclear Installation Safety in the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security at the International Atomic Energy Agency […]
Rafael Macián-Juan
Rafael Macián-Juan has been a member of the ENSI Board since 1 January 2021. He has held the Chair of the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the Technical University of Munich since 2007. Prior to that, Rafael Macián-Juan worked for ten years at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), conducting research and development in the fields […]