It is a victory for Axpo, but still no definitive. The current group is allowed to leave the nuclear power plant Beznau in the network. The Federal administrative court dismissed a complaint of Beznau-residents, as of last week has informed.
In the aftermath of the nuclear disaster of Fukushima in March of 2011, Axpo had to prove that Beznau has control of an earthquake as it occurs only every 10’000 years, and in the vicinity of the nuclear facility a radiation dose of 100 mSv will not be exceeded. The nuclear regulatory authority of the Federal government (Ensi) was the proof of safety in 2012, as provided. In contrast, Beznau-residents levied complaints. The threshold should be due to the different legal bases 1 and 100 Milli-sievert, Beznau to be shut down, therefore, without delay, provisionally, they argued. Unsuccessful.
The Axpo takes “with satisfaction” knowledge of the judgment of the Federal administrative court, which confirmed the “claims of NUCLEAR opponents” full repellent, and the validity of the previously used safety limits. The Ensi, in turn, maintains that it had evaluated the seismic safety of the Beznau in accordance with the legal requirements correctly.
Only legally considered to be
Whether the Complainant withdraw the case to the Federal Supreme court, is still open. Even if you absähen away: From the cutter, Axpo is not yet. So clearly, as the current group and the Ensi are now, was not the situation. The Federal Council at least kept the legal requirements for the limit value for “unclear”. Last December, before the now were the judgment of the Federal administrative court, he decided to set the limit in the nuclear energy Ordinance clearly at 100 millisieverts – which earned him the accusation, with this Revision, indirectly, in an ongoing court proceedings, to intervene. The new provisions come this Friday.
Politically, the Causa is not done as yet. The Federal administrative court has now answered the question of whether to continue operating on the Basis of the old legal requirements was permissible or not, says the FDP Council of States Damian Miller. “In matters of radiation and population protection, it is not expressed in practice.” Miller wants to be considered, among other things, certainty in the question of whether the limit of 100 millisieverts is not too high to be recognized – not from a legal but from a scientific Wait.
limit value, with consequences for Beznau
The Federal Commission for radiation protection, for example, recommends that the limit value is in a range between 20 and 50 millisieverts is to be fixed, so in a for Beznau delicate area, would put the plant in the outlined case of an Earthquake, but 32 Milli-sievert. Alain Berset had worn this request in December to the Federal Council, has failed. Of the spring, leading the energy Minister Doris Leuthard (CVP), managed to rally a majority in the body. Thus, it remains the Axpo spared the kiln for expensive retrofits.
opponents of Nuclear power hope, however, that Leuthards successor Simonetta Sommaruga (SP) as a representative of a nuclear-critical party will come to the business again. The occasion of a pending parliamentary business could give it to her. The environmental Commission of the Council of States (Urek) decided last November, after consultation with various experts unanimously by the Federal Council, with a test report. This will not only show the consequences, which the Federal Council adopted the Revision has, but in Particular the question of proportionality between the protection of the population and the societal Benefits of nuclear power have to be explored. Also experts from the Ensi, regardless to how parliamentarians are calling for.
Federal Council. report
The Commission will discuss the further course of action on one of your next meetings Currently, there are no signs of a withdrawal. A civic member said, a review is still useful: “the objectivity to do this business well.” This view is also councillor Beat Vonlanthen (CVP). He considers the limit of 100 Millisievert, although to be appropriate. Nevertheless, he considers it right, the impact of the Revision to identify and to compare in particular with the international recommendations and Standards. “In the light of certain question marks and uncertainties at a part of the population, a test report of the Federal Council seems to me to be useful.” (Tages-Anzeiger.ch/Newsnet)
Created: 29.01.2019, at 17:08
