Nuclear Energy Act
(NEA)

¹ Any per­son who wil­fully com­mits any of the fol­low­ing of­fences shall be li­able to a term of im­pris­on­ment or a fine not ex­ceed­ing 500,000 Swiss francs:

a.

man­u­fac­tur­ing or sup­ply­ing faulty com­pon­ents of a nuc­le­ar in­stall­a­tion that are im­port­ant in terms of nuc­le­ar safety or se­cur­ity;

b.

dam­aging, re­mov­ing, ren­der­ing un­us­able, us­ing in an im­prop­er man­ner or put­ting out of op­er­a­tion an in­stall­a­tion in a nuc­le­ar in­stall­a­tion that is im­port­ant in terms of nuc­le­ar safety or se­cur­ity, or fail­ing to in­stall or render such an in­stall­a­tion ready for op­er­a­tion;

c.

fail­ing to ob­serve pro­tect­ive meas­ures that are im­port­ant in terms of nuc­le­ar safety or se­cur­ity when hand­ling nuc­le­ar ma­ter­i­als or ra­dio­act­ive waste.

² Any per­son who by com­mit­ting the fore­go­ing of­fences know­ingly en­dangers the life or health of a num­ber of hu­mans, or causes dam­age to prop­erty of sig­ni­fic­ant value, shall be li­able to a term of pen­al ser­vitude, which may also be com­bined with a fine not ex­ceed­ing 500,000 Swiss francs.

³ If the of­fend­er has ac­ted neg­li­gently, he shall be li­able to a term of im­pris­on­ment or a fine not ex­ceed­ing 100,000 Swiss francs.