Nuclear Energy Act
(NEA)

¹ Geo­lo­gic­al in­vest­ig­a­tions to be car­ried out in or­der to ex­am­ine po­ten­tial sites for a deep geo­lo­gic­al re­pos­it­ory re­quire a li­cence from the De­part­ment.

² The li­cence is gran­ted if the fol­low­ing con­di­tions are met:

a.

the planned in­vest­ig­a­tions are suit­able for provid­ing the ne­ces­sary basis for sub­sequent eval­u­ation of the safety of a deep geo­lo­gic­al re­pos­it­ory without af­fect­ing the suit­ab­il­ity of the site;

b.

the grant­ing of the li­cence does not con­flict with any oth­er pro­vi­sions of fed­er­al le­gis­la­tion, in par­tic­u­lar le­gis­la­tion gov­ern­ing en­vir­on­ment­al pro­tec­tion, nature con­ser­va­tion, pro­tec­tion of nat­ur­al and cul­tur­al land­scapes, and spa­tial plan­ning.

³ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may waive the li­cens­ing ob­lig­a­tion in the case of in­vest­ig­a­tions that have very little im­pact on the im­me­di­ate sur­round­ings.