The claim by IGR, however, was that the removal was impossible without authorisation from CNEN, and that they legally lost access to the location and the machin

The claim by IGR, however, was that the removal was impossible without authorisation from CNEN, and that they legally lost access to the location and the machine. If this was indeed true and they acted on it, then it would absolve them. However a judge disagreed, so they also had to pay 100k. --- EDIT: On the second page of the document above, the judge mentions that owners of IGR were free from paying. Only the nuclear physicist (Flamarion) and a former partner who ordered the demolition (Amaurillo) had to pony up the 100k.