Nuclear Energy Act
(NEA)

¹ After com­ple­tion of the pro­ced­ure for the grant­ing of a gen­er­al li­cence, an amend­ment is re­quired:

a.

for a change of pur­pose or scope of activ­it­ies of a nuc­le­ar in­stall­a­tion that re­quires a gen­er­al li­cence (this does not in­clude de­com­mis­sion­ing or clos­ure);

b.

for a com­pre­hens­ive up­grad­ing of a nuc­le­ar power plant in or­der to ex­tend its ser­vice life, es­pe­cially if the re­act­or ves­sel is to be re­placed.

² After the re­spect­ive is­su­ing pro­ced­ure has been com­pleted, an amend­ment to a li­cence or or­der is re­quired in the event of any sig­ni­fic­ant de­vi­ations from the ori­gin­al con­struc­tion li­cence, op­er­at­ing li­cence, and li­cence for car­ry­ing out geo­lo­gic­al in­vest­ig­a­tions, and or­ders re­gard­ing de­com­mis­sion­ing and clos­ure.

³ In the event of amend­ments that do not de­vi­ate sig­ni­fic­antly from the re­spect­ive li­cence or or­der as cited in para­graph 2, but which may have an in­flu­ence on nuc­le­ar safety or se­cur­ity, the hold­er is re­quired to ob­tain a per­mit from the su­per­vis­ory au­thor­it­ies.

⁴ All oth­er amend­ments must be re­por­ted to the su­per­vis­ory au­thor­it­ies.

⁵ In case of doubt:

a.

the Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall de­cide wheth­er an amend­ment to a gen­er­al li­cence is ne­ces­sary;

b.

the De­part­ment shall de­cide wheth­er an amend­ment to a li­cence or or­der is re­quired as cited in para­graph 2;

c.

the su­per­vis­ory au­thor­it­ies shall de­cide wheth­er a per­mit is re­quired.