Structural safety of Swiss nuclear installations
Project overview
Since 1973, Basler & Hofmann has performed the role of inspector for the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate ENSI supervisory authority regarding the structural safety of constructions and installations at nuclear power plants and storage buildings for radioactive materials. This inspection work involves new, converted, extended and retrofitted buildings.
Expertise involved
Nuclear power plants – protective asset designClient
Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate ENSI

Our services
Inspection of structural project documentation for dimensioning, calculation and construction. Static and dynamic comparative analysis for verification of structural safety. Assessment of hazard assumptions, especially for unusual influences such as earthquakes, floods and plane crashes. Joint involvement in international projects with model calculations regarding the behaviour of safety-relevant structures and installations under extreme influences.