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

Division Head International Services and Projects

Herwig R. Müller

+41 56 437 11 11 international@nagra.ch

What’s new at Nagra?

#Media releases

Nagra founds subsidiaries for the construction and operation of the deep geological repository project

Nagra will found two new subsidiaries that will be responsible for the construction and operation of the deep geological repository (Nagra gTL AG) and of the encapsulation plants (Nagra BEVA AG). The members of the Nagra Cooperative unanimously approved this decision at an extraordinary general meeting. By doing so, Nagra will follow the proven Alptransit organisational model.

#People #Project of the century

What does Switzerland think about the deep geological repository?

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.

#People #Project of the century

“In the world of research, this is not a given…”

Her job is never boring: geomechanics expert Eleonora Crisci shares what she particularly likes about the project of the century of deep geological disposal.

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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.