Post by Markanite on May 16, 2022 4:40:39 GMT -5
Safe Disposal Of Nuclear Waste
A resolution to enact uniform standards that protect workers, consumers, and the general public.
Category: Regulation
Area of Effect: Safety
Proposed by: Thousand Branches
The World Assembly,
Knowing that many nations rely on nuclear power plants as a source of energy;
Aware that the production of nuclear energy produces radioactive waste that becomes dangerous if not properly disposed of;
Distraught that no such disposal has been previously regulated by the World Assembly;
Hereby enacts as follows:
In this resolution:
“nuclear waste” is defined as the radioactive solid or liquid wastes resulting from nuclear fission, fusion, refinement, or any other process from which nuclear power is derived.
”radioactive contamination” is defined as the spread of radiation to any habitats, natural reserves, bodies of water, or atmospheres such that it would pose a significant danger to life or the environment.
The Nuclear Energy Safety Commission (NESC) must:
Investigate methods of nuclear waste disposal and determine those considered safe by the following guidelines:
Disposal methods must have little to no risk of radioactive contamination.
Methods must include proper solidification, compaction and subsequent treatment of nuclear materials to prevent leaching of waste or radioactivity.
Inspect prospective nuclear waste storage and burial sites to ensure they are geologically stable and at sufficiently lengthy proximity from areas at risk of radioactive contamination.
Ensure that decommissioned nuclear reactors are properly dismantled, and any nuclear waste present is removed before said reactors can be demolished.
Ensure that domestic transport of radioactive materials provides little to no foreseeable risk of leakage, thievery, or any form of radioactive contamination.
Explore safer and more effective methods of nuclear waste disposal, recycling, reuse, and transmutation. Such studies must be publicly disseminated to member states.
Member states must:
Only employ methods of safe nuclear disposal as defined by the NESC. Member states may submit reliable scientific research to the NESC to have a method of nuclear disposal be investigated for future safety standards.
Ensure that radioactive contamination originating from their nation is reported to any foreign governments that are subject to foreseeable risk of that contamination spreading to or affecting their nation.
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