Nuclear Energy Act
(NEA)

¹ The li­cens­ing au­thor­ity may trans­fer a li­cence to a new hold­er if the lat­ter meets the spe­cified re­quire­ments.

² A gen­er­al li­cence for a nuc­le­ar power plant may be trans­ferred if the pre­vi­ous hold­er has also se­cured the fin­an­cing of de­com­mis­sion­ing and dis­pos­al in ac­cord­ance with the dur­a­tion of op­er­a­tion.

³ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil is re­spons­ible for the trans­fer of a gen­er­al li­cence. Be­fore do­ing so, it shall first re­quest the au­thor­it­ies of the can­ton in which the in­stall­a­tion is loc­ated to sub­mit an ad­vis­ory opin­ion.

⁴ When a gen­er­al li­cence is thus trans­ferred, the con­struc­tion li­cence and op­er­at­ing li­cence shall be trans­ferred with it. Con­struc­tion li­cences and op­er­at­ing li­cences may not be trans­ferred sep­ar­ately.

⁵ In the pro­ced­ure gov­ern­ing the trans­fer of a gen­er­al li­cence, only the ap­plic­ant and the pre­vi­ous li­cence hold­er shall have the status of party. The pro­vi­sions of the APA³⁴ ap­ply.

⁶ Li­cences for hand­ling nuc­le­ar goods and ra­dio­act­ive waste are non-trans­fer­able.