Nuclear Energy Act
(NEA)

¹ Those re­quired to man­age and dis­pose of ra­dio­act­ive waste shall draw up a waste man­age­ment pro­gramme, which shall in­clude a fin­an­cial plan up to the time at which the nuc­le­ar in­stall­a­tions will be taken out of op­er­a­tion. The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall spe­cify a dead­line by which the waste man­age­ment pro­gramme is to be sub­mit­ted.

² The waste man­age­ment pro­gramme shall be re­viewed by an au­thor­ity des­ig­nated by the Fed­er­al Coun­cil, after which it shall be for­war­ded by the De­part­ment to the Fed­er­al Coun­cil for ap­prov­al.

³ The au­thor­ity des­ig­nated by the Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall mon­it­or com­pli­ance with the pro­gramme after it has been ap­proved.

⁴ The per­sons re­spons­ible for the man­age­ment of ra­dio­act­ive waste are ob­liged to peri­od­ic­ally ad­apt the pro­gramme to chan­ging cir­cum­stances.

⁵ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall provide reg­u­lar re­ports on the pro­gramme to the Fed­er­al As­sembly.