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Nuclear Power Safeguards Act; Proposed by Pharthan
Topic Started: Feb 17 2015, 03:43 AM (171 Views)
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This proposal will come up for a vote in a little more than an hour.

In-game debate thread: http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=326981

Nuclear Power Safeguards Act
Proposed by Pharthan
Nuclear Power Safeguards Act
Category: Environmental
Industry Affected: All Businesses
Proposed by: Pharthan


AIMS to set definite preventative measures for safety in regards to nuclear power

UNDERSTANDS that a nuclear meltdown can have an international effect

HEREBY defines for the purposes of this resolution:

1. Nuclear power as the use of sustained nuclear reactions of fission to generate heat and do useful work

2. Radiological disaster as a loss of control of radiation or radiological material, hazarding the safety of the public and environment or exceeding of exposure limits due to ionizing radiation

3. Decay heat as thermal energy from the fission or decay of fission products or fuel of reactors

4. Nuclear safety as the ability to prevent a nuclear meltdown or excess decay heat generation resulting in harm to the environment or public or unintended release of fission products

LIMITS the resolution to facilities not mobile under their own power to protect facilities which may have other means of protection

REQUIRES nations operating nuclear reactors applicable to this resolution to maintain their own the nuclear safety organization (NSO), to protect national and international populations, with the power and duty to:

1. Mandate shutdown of reactors deemed to not meet reactor safety standards until deficiencies are corrected and the facility is certified safe by the NSO

2. Ensure that all reactors must have available:

a. Four provided methods of Decay Heat Removal (DHR) with two methods to implement each
I. One DHR method may be the same as normal power-operation heat-removal
II. In addition to 2aI, one method must be able to account for Design Worst Case Decay Heat Generation (DHG) and still prevent a radiological disaster, without an external power source
III. Methods described in (2) must be resistant to natural disasters and their magnitudes they are susceptible to, to be determined by the NSO based on historical and geological data
IV. One remaining DHR method may be heat loss to ambient
V. If (2) cannot be met, the reactor plant must stop operations which promote DHG

b. Requirements of 2a need not be met if 2aII may be met by 2aIV

c. Two methods of ceasing DHG processes are available capable of compensating for maximum possible reactor power at operation
I. One method must not require an external power source to the facility

3. Inspect reactor plants at least once every two years to of evaluate nuclear-safety standards, procedures, systems, and materials and inform the facility of deficiencies

4. Advise courses of action and guidelines for nuclear safety to facilities

5. During investigations, test knowledge of operators of nuclear facilities to ensure they are properly trained

6. Establish exposure limits for the populace in regards to exposure to nuclear power to ensure they receive less than harmful levels of radiation exposure due to the facilities

ESTABLISHES the World Nuclear Regulatory Agency with the responsibility and power to:

1. Once every ten years certify individual nation's NSO to verify level of knowledge, attention to detail in inspections, and that the organization is maintaining standards

2. Mandate and advise the national NSO on how to correct deficiencies in order to maintain the organization operational

3. Collect information on and advise NSOs on best practices, observed in various nations to all member nations, provided the nation does not deem the information confidential

REQUIRES reactor plant agencies to abide by advisories and mandates of the NSO

MANDATES nations to establish procedures and arrangements to maintain safety and update them as deficiencies are discovered
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Against for micromanagement.
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The drafting of this proposal was not one of the brighter moments in recent forum history.
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Based on the forum debate, it appears as if this author has some authority in this matter, and one thing that stood out to me in that debate is that this proposal enforces essentially the bare minimum that would be expected in a RL nuclear plant. Unless someone is RPing negligence, there's no reason to believe that these requirements will be an undue hardship.
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AGAINST. This puts way too much power in the hands of the WA. International oversight should be reserved for nuclear emergencies or impending or imminent nuclear disasters.
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