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Law on the protection of the population against nuclear power plants.

Country/Territory
Switzerland
Territorial subdivision
Basel-Landschaft
Document type
Legislation
Date
1979
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Air & atmosphere, Energy
Keyword
Pollution control Air quality/air pollution Radiation Nuclear energy
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Entry into force notes
The present Law enters into force on 1 May 1980.
Abstract

The present Law establishes that the authorities of the Canton Basel-Landschaft should – within the framework of the relative federal legislation and the cantonal constitutional law – act with all available legal and political means in such a way that no nuclear power planta shall be built according to the principle of nuclear fission, and no treatment plants for nuclear fuel or deposits for medium and high level radioactive residues shall be erected. The text consists of 2 articles.

Full text
German
Website
www.bl.ch