Nuclear Energy Act
(NEA)

¹ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall ap­point the Fed­er­al Nuc­le­ar Safety Com­mis­sion (NSC); this com­mis­sion com­prises five to nine mem­bers. The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall de­term­ine the re­quire­ments as re­gards the in­de­pend­ence of the mem­bers.⁴⁰

² The NSC per­forms the fol­low­ing ad­vis­ory tasks on be­half of EN­SI, the De­part­ment and the Fed­er­al Coun­cil:

a.

ex­am­in­a­tion of fun­da­ment­al is­sues con­cern­ing nuc­le­ar safety;

b.

par­ti­cip­a­tion in le­gis­lat­ive work in the field of nuc­le­ar safety.

³ On be­half of the Fed­er­al Coun­cil and the De­part­ment, it may re­port on EN­SI's ex­pert opin­ions. It shall ac­cord­ingly draft the re­ports re­quired by the Fed­er­al Coun­cil, the De­part­ment or the Fed­er­al Of­fice.