Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
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Technical Forum on Safety
In 2009, in connection with the search for sites for deep geological repositories, the Swiss Federal Office of Energy set up the Technical Forum on Safety, which is led by the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate. The Technical Forum on Safety discusses and answers technical and scientific questions posed by the population, communes, siting regions, organisations, cantons and authorities in neighbouring states.
The forum comprises experts from the body leading the process (Swiss Federal Office of Energy), from other bodies with supervisory or supportive roles (Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate, ENSI, Swiss Federal Office of Topography [swisstopo]), from commissions (Federal Nuclear Safety Commission [NSC], Federal Commission for Radioactive Waste Disposal [KNE]), from the National Co-operative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste [Nagra], from the cantons, and includes one representative from each of the siting regions.
The Forum convenes every three or four months as required. ENSI, KNE, NSC and swisstopo provide information about safety tests. ENSI communicates with the public about the Forum's findings.
A technical forum also assisted with the demonstration of feasibility for a method to dispose of high-level waste. The questions dealt with at the time can be found here:
Question(s) for the technical Forum
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