Muehleberg nuclear power plant, peaceful protestors in 2011 (photo:©2011 Herbi Ditl on flickr)

BERN, SWITZERLAND – A European Union team of specialists has given the all-clear to Switzerland’s nuclear reactors for resistance, reviewing them on 37 points established in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima accident in 2011, but he Swiss government says it wants further reviews on 8 additional points.

The IFSN (Federal Inspectorate for Nuclear Safety) says it will not wait for the EU report to be concluded, but it including several points in a review the Swiss body wants to complete by June 2012. Key among them: knowing more precisely the core’s seismic resistance for each reactor. The IFSN in particular notes that the Wohlensee dam’s ability to withstand the kind of major earthquake that occurs every 10,000 years. It invited the Muehleberg nuclear centre in April to show proof of this by 30 November 2011, but it has not yet provided this and the IFSN is now demanding that the information be provided by 31 January 2012, as well as information on the seismic resistant of the emergency stoppage system.

The European Union’s list of safety checks focuses on earthquakes, floods, extreme meteorological conditions, electrical failure and crisis management. Switzerland is calling for further reviews to ensure the safety of rivers and streams below all the dams linked to nuclear plants

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