Switzerland
Switzerland has 5 operating reactors at 4 sites. Each site is operated by a separate operating company. Locations are shown on the Switzerland map below.
Courtesy HSK
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Courtesy NOK |
Two Westinghouse 2 Loop PWR reactors 350 MWe each |
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Single GE BWR reactor 355 MWe |
Courtesy Poweron |
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Courtesy KKL |
Single GE BWR reactor 990 MWe |
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Single Kraftwerk Union PWR reactor 940 MWe
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Courtesy KKG |
| The Leibstadt plant, a General Electric BWR, is shown below. | |
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The Swiss Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (HSK)
is the Swiss regulatory agency. They maintain French, English, and German
websites. Annual reports
through 2003
can be downloaded.
The Paul Scherrer Institute, with a staff of 1200, is the largest national research institute in Switzerland. As a multidisciplinary research center for natural sciences and engineering, PSI together with universities and industry uses its large facilities to carry out basic and applied research in particle physics, life sciences, solid-state physics and material sciences, energy technology, and environmental sciences.
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| Courtesy KKN - Leibstadt NPP | |
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