Nuclear Law Bulletin: SWITZERLAND Act on Nuclear Energy (21 March 2003)

When the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management1 came into force in June 2002, following by almost five years the entry into force of the Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS), 2 the major elements3 of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s long-planned international legal regime on nuclear safety4 appeared to be finally in place. This fact might have been expected to be a cause for general satisfaction, if not