Federal Councillor visits research station Jungfraujoch
On October 7, 2025, Federal Councillor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider visited our Jungfraujoch research station together with the management of the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH). The Federal Councillor opened Europe’s highest radioactivity measuring station.
The FOPH is responsible for monitoring radioactivity in the environment, particularly in the air. A new measuring station has been set up on the Jungfraujoch for this purpose. It continuously measures radioactivity so that, in the event of a radiological or nuclear incident, a possible radioactive cloud in Switzerland can be detected at an early stage (FOPH press release dated October 7, 2025).
The Federal Councillor on the Sphinx Terrace together with Anne Lévy (Director of the FOPH) and Christof Appenzeller (Director of MeteoSwiss). Photo: HFSJGOpening of the new measuring station. In the background, the air intake for the device. Image from left to right: Anne Lévy (Director of the FOPH), Federal Councillor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider, Jérémy Beuret (FOPH). Photo: HFSJGGroup photo in the library of the research station. From left to right: Oliver Hammel (CEO Jungfrau Railways), Sybille Estier (Head of Environmental Radioactivity Section, FOPH), Christof Appenzeller (Director of MeteoSwiss), Federal Councillor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider, Sébastien Baechler (Head of Radiation Protection Division, FOPH), Silvio Decurtins (President of HFSJG), Anne Lévy (Director of FOPH). Photo: HFSJG
