Information policy of a Swiss nuclear power plant

The Leibstadt NPP is situated on the river Rhine between Schaffhausen and Basel. It is the policy of the Leibstadt Plant Management to inform the public and the media in a timely and accurate manner during normal operation as well as in the case of unforeseen eventualities. We also inform the authorities of the communities in Southern Germany in the vicinity of the plant. Detailed procedures have been set up to provide a high standard of media service. The PR group is part of the emergency organisation and is supported by other technical groups. Modern communication technology, i.e. fax, teletext and internet are available. Our experience has shown that the early stages of an incident can be very hectic. The relevant information has to be collected internally and at the same time the media has to be presented with accurate communiques.