Revised atomic energy legislation has been in force in Switzerland since July 1979. It deals mainly with licensing of nuclear installations, introducing new procedures and clarifying conditions under which licenses may be granted. One condition is that projects should exist guaranteeing the long-term safety of nuclear waste, including final disposal in a repository. Thus the way in which one must fulfil the requirement to protect human health, rights, and property is now prescribed for radioactive waste, although this was obviously already stipulated in the old atomic energy law. Similar requirements are valid through general legislation for all other types of wastes