SITE INVESTIGATION

Daldrup & Söhne sinking first deep well for Swiss Nagra

Daldrup & Söhne has commenced the first exploratory drilling for Swiss Nagra, the Swiss national cooperative for the storage of radioactive waste, in Bülach, north of Zurich.

 Daldrup & Söhne has commenced the first exploratory drilling for Swiss Nagra

Daldrup & Söhne has commenced the first exploratory drilling for Swiss Nagra

This is the first deep drilling of an entire series. For Daldrup, it is a major project planned over several years with a potential or volume in the double-digit millions.

Nagra is looking for a suitable site for a deep geological repository for radioactive waste in Switzerland. The boreholes will be used to complete the overall geological picture of the potential siting regions and thus make it possible to select the safest site for a deep geological repository.