Nuclear Energy Act
(NEA)

¹ Art­icles 6 to 11 ap­ply ana­log­ously with re­gard to the hand­ling of ra­dio­act­ive waste out­side nuc­le­ar in­stall­a­tions.

² A li­cence for the im­port of ra­dio­act­ive waste from nuc­le­ar in­stall­a­tions that has not been pro­duced in Switzer­land, but is to be man­aged here, may be gran­ted by way of ex­cep­tion if the fol­low­ing con­di­tions are met in ad­di­tion to those cited in Art­icle 7 above:

a.

Switzer­land has con­sen­ted to the im­port of ra­dio­act­ive waste for man­age­ment pur­poses in an agree­ment un­der in­ter­na­tion­al law;

b.

Switzer­land has a suit­able waste man­age­ment in­stall­a­tion that cor­res­ponds to the latest in­ter­na­tion­al stand­ards of sci­ence and tech­no­logy;

c.

all coun­tries con­cerned have giv­en their con­sent to the trans­it of the ra­dio­act­ive waste in ques­tion;

d.

the im­port­er and the ex­port­er of the ra­dio­act­ive waste con­sign­ment have signed a leg­ally bind­ing agree­ment that has been ap­proved by the coun­try of ori­gin and stip­u­lates that the ex­port­er shall ac­cept the con­sign­ment if it has to be re­turned for any reas­on.

³ A li­cence may be gran­ted for the ex­port of ra­dio­act­ive waste for con­di­tion­ing if the fol­low­ing con­di­tions are met in ad­di­tion to those cited in Art­icle 7 above:

a.

the coun­try of des­tin­a­tion has con­sen­ted to the im­port of ra­dio­act­ive waste for con­di­tion­ing pur­poses in an agree­ment un­der in­ter­na­tion­al law;

b.

the coun­try of des­tin­a­tion has a suit­able waste man­age­ment in­stall­a­tion that cor­res­ponds to the latest in­ter­na­tion­al stand­ards of sci­ence and tech­no­logy;

c.

all coun­tries con­cerned have giv­en their con­sent to the trans­it of the ra­dio­act­ive waste in ques­tion;

d.

the ex­port­er has entered in­to a bind­ing agree­ment with the im­port­er of the ra­dio­act­ive waste that has been ap­proved by the Fed­er­al Coun­cil or its des­ig­nated au­thor­ity and which stip­u­lates that the ex­port­er shall take back any ra­dio­act­ive waste that may res­ult from con­di­tion­ing or – if ap­plic­able – any ra­dio­act­ive waste that may not have been con­di­tioned.

⁴ A li­cence for the ex­port of ra­dio­act­ive waste for stor­age or dis­pos­al may be gran­ted by way of ex­cep­tion if the con­di­tions cited in para­graph 3 let­ters a-c above are met, and if the ex­port­er has entered in­to a bind­ing agree­ment with the im­port­er of the ra­dio­act­ive waste that has been ap­proved by the au­thor­ity des­ig­nated by the Fed­er­al Coun­cil, and which stip­u­lates that the ex­port­er shall take back the con­sign­ment if ne­ces­sary.