Ensuring the Safety of Nuclear Power Stations
Category: Regulation | Area of Effect: Energy | Proposed by: Terttia
The World Assembly,
Realizing that many member nations use nuclear energy as a means of producing energy,
Aware that nuclear power stations discharge gargantuan amounts of energy,
Noting that some of those member nations use nuclear energy without much regulation and oversight, placing other member nations and the surrounding environment at risk,
Understanding that sometimes, government intervention is needed to protect individuals, other member nations, and the environment,
Hoping to change this situation for the betterment of member nations and the environment,
Hereby,
- Defines, for the purposes of this resolution,
- “nuclear energy” as the energy released through the nuclear fission or nuclear fusion of atoms,
- “nuclear power station” as a power station that produces energy through the processes of using nuclear energy,
- ”operator” as a legal entity that assumes all legal rights and responsibilities as the owner, either partially or wholly, of a nuclear power station, and
- “nuclear research reactor” as a nuclear reactor that serves as a neutron source for the purposes of research or for any other purpose;
- Tasks the Nuclear Energy Safety Commission (hereinafter “NESC”) with,
- conducting research on the safe and proper planning, construction, operation, maintenance, and decommission of nuclear power stations,
- creating regulations, based on the findings of the studies conducted by the NESC described by clause 2(a) of this resolution, pertaining to the safe and proper planning, construction, operation, maintenance, and decommission of nuclear power stations,
- creating plans to bring current nuclear power stations in compliance with the regulations set by the NESC, described by clause 2(b) of this resolution, and
- determining which nuclear power stations within member states have exceeded the safety regulations described by clause 2(b) of this resolution;
- Exempts nuclear research reactors, defined by clause 1(d), and nuclear power stations that have exceeded the safety regulations of the NESC, described by clause 2(d) of this resolution, from the NESC’s regulations;
- Declares that the NESC shall not mandate the planning, construction, or decommission of nuclear power stations, either explicitly or through its regulations;
- Mandates that member nations, or any entity therein with legal authorization, planning, constructing, operating, maintaining, or decommissioning a nuclear power station comply with the regulations set by the NESC, described by clause 2(b) of this resolution. Any operator of a nuclear power station not in compliance with this clause shall be fined by the NESC.
OOC: I plan to submit in either late April or early May, unless an extension occurs.