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[en] Two years after the massive release of radiation from the nuclear power plants at Fukushima Dai-ichi, the repercussions continue to preoccupy the radiological and emergency protection community, both in Switzerland and internationally. In Switzerland the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI) has initiated measures as part of the European Union Stress Tests and has its own Fukushima Action Plan. In this Annual Report, ENSI focuses on radiological protection in Swiss nuclear facilities. The average individual dose has changed little compared with previous years. At 0.7 mSv, it is significantly below the limit both for persons exposed to radiation during their work (20 mSv) and the annual average rate of exposure for the population in Switzerland as a whole (5.5 mSv). In terms of collective doses, the extensive maintenance work at the Leibstadt power plant (KKL) resulted in a doubling of rates compared with recent years. However, in the remaining nuclear facilities the rates have not changed significantly. The highest individual dose during the year under review was 13 mSv. Exposure rates in 2012 for all those exposed to radiation during work in facilities subject to ENSI surveillance were below the maximum limit. Greater attention is now being given to work in high and variable radiation fields and in difficult conditions. Swiss nuclear facilities continue to operate a consistent radiological protection approach. Measuring equipment plays an important role in radiological protection. Having conducted a range of inspections and comparative measurements of aerosol-iodine filters and waste water sampling together with measurements in the field of personal dosimetry, ENSI has concluded that the required measuring equipment for radiological protection exists, that this equipment is correctly used and provides reliable data. ENSI maintains a test laboratory that analyses samples from nuclear facilities and their immediate vicinity and also conducts field measurements. In addition, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health publishes environmental monitoring data in its Annual Report. For the purpose of monitoring environmental radioactivity, ENSI operates a network that automatically monitors dose rates in the vicinity of nuclear power plants. The results are made available to the Swiss National Emergency Operations Centre, the Ministry of the Environment in Baden-Wuerttemberg and the European Radiological Data Exchange Platform. In 2012 emissions from Swiss nuclear facilities are similar to those in previous years and in the immediate vicinity of nuclear facilities the annual dose is less than 10μSv. However, the water-borne releases of radiation from the Muehleberg nuclear power station, unlike those at other nuclear facilities, continue to be so high that further remedial measures are required. In the field of dispersion, hourly simulations are calculated for all locations in the vicinity of a nuclear power station. They are based on current 3D wind speeds as provided by MeteoSwiss with a spatial resolution of 2 km. These calculations, together with the annual aero-radiometric test flights, are a valuable and precise tool that can be used at any time to analyse the current situation and forecast the development of radiation
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Strahlenschutzbericht 2012
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Jun 2013; 86 p; ISSN 1661-2914; 

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Report
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Progress Report
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AEROSOL MONITORING, AEROSOLS, DISPERSIONS, DOSE LIMITS, ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION, EMERGENCY PLANS, ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE, FLIGHT TESTING, IODINE, LEIBSTADT REACTOR, MUEHLEBERG REACTOR, NUCLEAR FACILITIES, PROGRESS REPORT, RADIATION DOSES, RADIATION PROTECTION, RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS, RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION, RECOMMENDATIONS, SWITZERLAND, WATER POLLUTION
AEROSOLS, AIR POLLUTION MONITORING, BWR TYPE REACTORS, COLLOIDS, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DISPERSIONS, DOCUMENT TYPES, DOSES, ELEMENTS, ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS, ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT, EUROPE, HALOGENS, MASS TRANSFER, MONITORING, NONMETALS, POLLUTION, POWER REACTORS, REACTORS, SAFETY STANDARDS, SOLS, STANDARDS, TESTING, THERMAL REACTORS, WATER COOLED REACTORS, WATER MODERATED REACTORS, WESTERN EUROPE
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