“The Region is involved in shaping the project”
post | 02.07.2024
President Lino Guzzella and CEO Matthias Braun look back on the year 2023, on the constructive collaboration with the siting region – and on how Nagra plans to forge ahead.
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An ABC of expert bodies explained by Maurus Alig
post | 10.04.2024
Lots of letters and confusing acronyms: with all the expert bodies involved in the process, it is easy to lose track. Maurus Alig explains who is involved in ensuring the safety of the deep geological repository.
“There is no training course to become an ‘expert’”
post | 05.04.2024
The historian Caspar Hirschi is an “expert on experts”. He explains what role scientific expertise plays in long-term projects – and why more than just technical knowledge is needed.
Polymaths? Universal experts? They no longer exist
post | 10.03.2024
A species of penguin is named after him and Goethe praised his vast knowledge: Alexander von Humboldt is regarded as one of the last great polymaths.
What does Switzerland think about the deep geological repository?
post | 06.02.2024
Switzerland is confident that it can realise the project of the century of deep geological disposal. A recent, representative survey shows that acceptance is high across the whole of Switzerland and in the affected region.
“In the world of research, this is not a given…”
post | 17.01.2024
Her job is never boring: geomechanics expert Eleonora Crisci shares what she particularly likes about the project of the century of deep geological disposal.
“The disposal issue can be solved – that is motivating”
post | 03.01.2024
“We need a solution,” says PSI scientist Maria Marques Fernandes with conviction. “That is why this is one of the most important tasks a researcher can have at the moment.”
“We cannot shift the problems into the future”
post | 05.12.2023
Carmen Zwahlen from the University of Bern explains why she is “very lucky” to have this job.
Solving a million-year-old puzzle
post | 21.11.2023
Geologist Stephan Wohlwend from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich supports Nagra in its exploration of the underground: “I help to solve a small piece of the puzzle, and this can generate something meaningful for the future.”
“Physics, biology and maths were too one-sided for me”
post | 02.11.2023
Géraldine Zimmerli is passionate. Passionate about geology. This enthusiasm helps the doctoral student at the University of Fribourg with her highly complex work.