¹ Any person who wilfully commits any of the following offences shall be liable to a term of imprisonment or a fine not exceeding 500,000 Swiss francs:

a.

manufacturing or supplying faulty components of a nuclear installation that are important in terms of nuclear safety or security;

b.

damaging, removing, rendering unusable, using in an improper manner or putting out of operation an installation in a nuclear installation that is important in terms of nuclear safety or security, or failing to install or render such an installation ready for operation;

c.

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

² Any person who by committing the foregoing offences knowingly endangers the life or health of a number of humans, or causes damage to property of significant value, shall be liable to a term of penal servitude, which may also be combined with a fine not exceeding 500,000 Swiss francs.

³ If the offender has acted negligently, he shall be liable to a term of imprisonment or a fine not exceeding 100,000 Swiss francs.