“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.
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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.
“Radiation knows no national borders.”
post | 26.06.2023
The international scientific community is engaged in an intensive exchange on the disposal of radioactive waste. The countries involved share a common goal: to leave behind a clean environment for future generations.
“ WE LEAVE NOTHING TO CHANCE ”
post | 13.06.2023
How do you construct something in Opalinus Clay and how does this clay rock behave under stress? Engineer Julia Leuthold meticulously calculates the models required to find the answers.
What Nagra can learn from the ancient Romans
post | 07.06.2023
In a deep geological repository, disposal canisters will safely enclose the waste for several thousands of years. Over time, the canisters will begin to rust. What chemical processes will take place then, and how and where will the rust spread? Two-thousand-year-old nails are to provide some answers to these questions.
“We do not expect the need to retrieve the radioactive waste – but we could retrieve it if necessary”
post | 16.05.2023
In this interview, Nagra mining engineer Thorsten Steils explains how radioactive waste can be retrieved from a deep geological repository.
Where learning meets innovation
post | 16.05.2023
Nagra encourages its young scientists to expand both their networks and their knowledge. At the «KERNthemen» conference in Dresden, Germany, the focus was on interdisciplinary exchange.
Retrievability: the fine line between making decisions ourselves and burdening future generations with them
post | 08.05.2023
Nagra News – March 2023
post | 31.03.2023
Six months ago, we announced our siting proposal for the construction of the deep geological repository. Since then, all eyes have been on the region that will host the repository. How do people react to this?