Safety upgrade needed for 40-year-old Swiss nuclear power plant

The 40-year-old Leibstadt nuclear power plant in Switzerland will need improvements despite being awarded good marks by the Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI). +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox According to a note issued today by the supervisory authority, the documentation submitted at the end of 2022 by the operator as part of the Periodic Safety Verification (VPS) proves that the plant on the Rhine border with Germany has maintained a good level of technical safety. + Switzerland weighs risks of return to nuclear power It meets the legal requirements for nuclear safety and radiation protection. As the Leibstadt reactor has been in operation since 1984, Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt AG (KKL) also had to provide the so-called Proof of Safety for Long-Term Operation for the first time (in accordance with Article 34a of the Nuclear Energy Ordinance). Progressive ageing In its statement, ENSI assessed the adjustments already made and planned for long-term ...