Nuclear Energy Act
(NEA)

¹ The own­er of a nuc­le­ar in­stall­a­tion is ob­liged to de­com­mis­sion the in­stall­a­tion if:

a.

it has been defin­it­ively taken out of op­er­a­tion;

b.

the op­er­at­ing li­cence has not been gran­ted or has been with­drawn or has ex­pired in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 68 para­graphs 1 let­ters a or b, and the De­part­ment has ordered the in­stall­a­tion to be de­com­mis­sioned.

² In this con­nec­tion the own­er is ob­liged:

a.

to meet all re­quire­ments re­lat­ing to nuc­le­ar safety and se­cur­ity;

b.

to trans­fer all nuc­le­ar ma­ter­i­als to an­oth­er nuc­le­ar in­stall­a­tion;

c.

to de­con­tam­in­ate ra­dio­act­ive com­pon­ents or treat them as ra­dio­act­ive waste;

d.

to prop­erly man­age and dis­pose of ra­dio­act­ive waste;

e.

to main­tain sur­veil­lance of the in­stall­a­tion un­til such time as all sources of nuc­le­ar risks have been re­moved.