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Safety review confirms Nagra's siting proposals

The Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI) has reviewed the siting regions proposed by Nagra at the end of 2008 in terms of their safety and engineering feasibility for constructing repositories for radioactive waste. The Commission for Nuclear Waste Management (KNE), the Federal Office of Topography (swisstopo) and other experts also contributed to the review, in which ENSI confirms Nagra's analysis of the geological information to be technically justified, comprehensive and transparent. Based on these findings, ENSI has approved the proposed siting regions Südranden, Zürcher Weinland, Nördlich Lägeren, Bözberg, Jura-Südfuss and Wellenberg.