Nuclear Energy Act
(NEA)

¹ Any per­son who wil­fully:

a.

man­u­fac­tures or sup­plies faulty com­pon­ents of a nuc­le­ar in­stall­a­tion that are im­port­ant in terms of nuc­le­ar safety or se­cur­ity;

b.

dam­ages, re­moves, renders un­us­able, uses in an im­prop­er man­ner or puts out of op­er­a­tion an in­stall­a­tion in a nuc­le­ar in­stall­a­tion that is im­port­ant in terms of nuc­le­ar safety or se­cur­ity, or fails to in­stall or render such an in­stall­a­tion ready for op­er­a­tion;

c.

fails to ob­serve pro­tect­ive meas­ures that are im­port­ant in terms of nuc­le­ar safety or se­cur­ity when hand­ling nuc­le­ar ma­ter­i­als or ra­dio­act­ive waste

shall be li­able to cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.⁴⁹

² Any per­son who by com­mit­ting the fore­go­ing of­fences know­ingly en­dangers the life or health of a num­ber of hu­man be­ings, or causes dam­age to prop­erty of sig­ni­fic­ant value, shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence of not less than one year.⁵⁰

³ If the of­fend­er acts through neg­li­gence, the pen­alty shall be a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty.⁵¹