Nuclear Energy Act
(NEA)

¹ The gen­er­al li­cence shall spe­cify:

a.

the li­cence hold­er;

b.

the loc­a­tion of the in­stall­a­tion;

c.

the pur­pose of the in­stall­a­tion;

d.

a brief out­line of the pro­ject;

e.

the max­im­um per­miss­ible ex­pos­ure to ra­di­ation for people in the vi­cin­ity of the in­stall­a­tion;

f.

and with re­gard to deep geo­lo­gic­al re­pos­it­or­ies:

1.

cri­ter­ia which, if not fully met, lead to the ex­clu­sion of a planned dis­pos­al zone due to lack of suit­ab­il­ity,

2.

a pro­vi­sion­al pro­tec­tion zone.

² A brief out­line of the pro­ject shall in­clude de­scrip­tions of the ap­prox­im­ate size and loc­a­tion of the main build­ings con­sti­tut­ing the in­stall­a­tion and the fol­low­ing:

a.

with re­gard to nuc­le­ar re­act­ors: the re­act­or sys­tem, out­put cat­egory, and main cool­ing sys­tem;

b.

with re­gard to stor­age or dis­pos­al in­stall­a­tions for nuc­le­ar ma­ter­i­als or ra­dio­act­ive waste: the cat­egor­ies of waste to be em­placed and the max­im­um ca­pa­city.

³ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall spe­cify a dead­line for the sub­mis­sion of an ap­plic­a­tion for a con­struc­tion li­cence, and may ex­tend this dead­line in cer­tain cir­cum­stances.