Nuclear Energy Act
(NEA)

¹ The pur­pose of the De­com­mis­sion­ing Fund is to se­cure the ne­ces­sary fin­an­cial re­sources for the de­com­mis­sion­ing and dis­mant­ling of ob­sol­ete nuc­le­ar in­stall­a­tions and for the dis­pos­al of the res­ult­ing waste ma­ter­i­al (de­com­mis­sion­ing costs).

² The pur­pose of the Waste Dis­pos­al Fund is to se­cure the fin­an­cing of the dis­pos­al of ra­dio­act­ive waste and spent fuel ele­ments after the in­stall­a­tions have been de­com­mis­sioned (dis­pos­al costs).

³ Own­ers of nuc­le­ar in­stall­a­tions are ob­liged to pay con­tri­bu­tions in­to the De­com­mis­sion­ing Fund and the Waste Dis­pos­al Fund. The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may ex­empt own­ers of in­stall­a­tions with low de­com­mis­sion­ing and dis­pos­al costs from the ob­lig­a­tion to pay con­tri­bu­tions in­to these funds.