6 Mar 2018 : Switzerland’s Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate, ENSI, has given the go-ahead for the restart of the Beznau-1 nuclear unit after approving the safety case presented by owner Axpo following the discovery in 2015 of flaw indications in the reactor pressure vessel (RPV).
ENSI said in a statement that Axpo had carried out “extensive investigations and analyses” to demonstrate that the RPV is safe.
Materials testing has shown that agglomerates in the RPV do not affect its (…)