Nuclear Energy Act
(NEA)

¹ The pro­tec­tion zone is the un­der­ground area in which in­ter­ven­tion could in­ter­fere with the safety of the re­pos­it­ory. The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall spe­cify the cri­ter­ia for the pro­tec­tion zone.

² Any­one in­tend­ing to carry out deep drilling, con­struct shafts, carry out ex­plo­sions or oth­er activ­it­ies that af­fect a des­ig­nated pro­tec­tion zone is re­quired to ap­ply to an au­thor­ity des­ig­nated by the Fed­er­al Coun­cil for a li­cence.

³ The au­thor­ity des­ig­nated by the Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall enter a pro­vi­sion­al re­gis­tra­tion of the pro­tec­tion zone with the rel­ev­ant land re­gistry fol­low­ing the is­sue of a gen­er­al li­cence and a defin­it­ive entry fol­low­ing the is­sue of an op­er­at­ing li­cence. The can­ton­al au­thor­it­ies shall enter in­to the land re­gister those plots of land af­fected by the des­ig­na­tion of a pro­tec­tion zone which are not re­cor­ded in the land re­gister. Plots of land for which no of­fi­cial sur­vey has been car­ried out, shall be duly sur­veyed (ini­tial or re­peat sur­vey). The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall reg­u­late this pro­ced­ure.

⁴ The can­ton­al au­thor­it­ies are re­spons­ible for en­sur­ing that the pro­tec­tion zone is re­gistered in the struc­ture and land use plan.

⁵ In the event that the re­pos­it­ory should not be con­struc­ted or put in­to op­er­a­tion, the au­thor­ity des­ig­nated by the Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall re­voke the pro­vi­sion­al pro­tec­tion zone and re­quest the rel­ev­ant land re­gistry to de­lete the entry from the land re­gister. The can­ton­al au­thor­it­ies are re­spons­ible for en­sur­ing that the struc­ture and land use plan are amended ac­cord­ingly.

⁶ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil is re­spons­ible for en­sur­ing that all re­cords con­cern­ing the re­pos­it­ory, the waste stored therein and the des­ig­nated pro­tec­tion zone are duly pre­served and that as­so­ci­ated find­ings are re­tained in a suit­able man­ner. It may pass on cor­res­pond­ing data to oth­er coun­tries or in­ter­na­tion­al or­gan­isa­tions.

⁷ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil stip­u­lates that the re­pos­it­ory be per­man­ently marked.