after the request by an anti-nuclear group the federal administrative court of switzerland ruled in march 2012 that bkw fmb energy should shut down the reactor by mid-2013. in its rulings the court cited the incomplete repair of cracks in the structures inside the reactor. besides this the verdict mentioned the safety concerns related to the plant's earthquake resistance. nevertheless, the swiss npps - mühleberg included - are judged to be robust against natural hazards like earthquakes by expert organisations like the ensi and recently as well in the international peer review by the european nuclear security regulators group (ensreg). the mentioned scrap decision was only ordered by the court under the circumstance that safe operation can't be demonstrated until mid-2013