Services

We work in close contact with our national and international partners. We will also gladly support you with our competence, our experience and our network.

Competent, efficient and reliable

Collaboration and consulting

The Grimsel Test Site and Mont Terri Rock Laboratory provide important insights into the feasibility and long-term safety of deep geological repositories. Our strengths include planning, implementation and analysis of tests and experiments.

The safe disposal of radioactive waste relies on collaboration beyond national borders.

Your contact

Manager Collaboration & Consultancy

Ingo Blechschmidt

+41 56 437 11 11 international@nagra.ch

What’s new at Nagra?

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“Repository decision requires broad societal debate”

Nagra submitted the general licence application for a deep geological repository today. The next step is the review by the authorities, but a broad societal debate is also needed, Nagra CEO Matthias Braun pointed out. The repository should be legitimised not only through a technical review, but also as a result of a direct democratic process.

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Securing the safest site – Facts about the general licence application

All Informations on the general licence applications for Switzerland’s deep geological repository project.

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Nagra rules out constructing a second deep geological repository

The National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nagra) plans to construct a deep geological repository for Switzerland’s radioactive waste in the Nördlich Lägern siting region. However, Nagra rules out constructing a second repository.

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Case studies

Successful experiments

The experiments carried out at the Grimsel Test Site and the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory provide important information for the construction of the deep geological repository and its long-term safety. These experiments are conducted in close collaboration with organisations from other countries.

How far advanced are disposal programmes in other countries?

Ongoing experiments

Grimsel Test Site

We are particularly proud of our Grimsel Test Site. One of a kind: the only place in the world where scientists can use minuscule amounts of radioactive substances to directly investigate their transport through the rock.

Would you like to visit the Grimsel Test Site? We will gladly take you along on a free guided tour.

Mont Terri Rock Laboratory

The Mont Terri Rock Laboratory is an underground research laboratory in Canton Jura where 22 partners from 9 nations work together. Nagra is the primary research partner. As the laboratory is constructed in the Opalinus Clay, experiments can be carried out under realistic conditions.

We offer free guided tours of the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory, which is operated by swisstopo, the Swiss Federal Office of Topography.