DRAFT RESOLUTION 1.

Committee: Special Political and Decolonization Topic: Nuclear Safety and the effects of atomic radiation
Signatories: Cameroon, Comoros, Eritrea, Germany, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Myanmar, North Korea, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, St. Kitts & Nevis, United States of America.

The General Assembly,

Bearing in mind the accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Stations of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and the following damage caused by this disaster, Mindful of the need to undertake active measures at the national and the international level to ensure the highest level of nuclear safety and to provide for harmonization of national requirements on nuclear safety, taking into account national differences, building on Agency Safety Standard, Noting with appreciation the convening by the Director General of the Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety on 20-24 June 2011, welcoming the Ministerial Declaration and noting the Action Plan on Nuclear Safety (GC(55)/14), Affirming its support for the multilateral treaties whose aim is to eliminate or prevent nuclear accidents, and the importance for all States parties to these treaties to implement them fully in order to promote international stability,

PREVENTION 1. Recommends Countries aiming to develop nuclear energy plans should present an elaborate plan of action which shall be supervised and approved by IAEA along with an internal national commission; said plan must include: a) Where will the structure being built; b) Design, construction process; c) Security protocols; d) Uses and objectives; e) Funding; f) Emergency protocols to be followed in case of disaster;

2. Encourages all pertaining organizations and the international community to reanalyze and study current location where nuclear activity is taking place, taking into account environment relative and potential disaster probability; 3. Recommends emphasize proper training to all the people who are going to work and labor in nuclear plants looking forward to minimize human errors; 4. Recommends the creation of an emergency communication system that will allow countries to alert people of an ongoing disaster; 5. Calls upon the international community to reevaluate and reinforce the periodic supervisions that the IAEA performs on nuclear countries and each plant in order to verify the proper development and functioning of their activity. 6. Strongly suggests member states who are involved in any kind of nuclear activity to perform Stress Tests on every nuclear plant they own. 7. Encourage the following of the rules for nuclear material transportation: a. Transportation should be farther than 120 miles from the nuclear facility; b. Any transportation should be escorted by a military convoy, to avoid stealing of nuclear materials; c. Plumb or PMG material should be used to cover the material during the transportation; d. Radioactive material should be transported through mayor cities or concurred roads; 8. Proposes the IAEA a framework with measure for four main stages of the cycle of life of a Nuclear Plant, Transportation, Useful Life, Waste Management and nuclear future; 9. Calls for IAEA to develop informative campaigns regarding new technologies referring to responsibility and precautions when dealing with Nuclear materials; 10. Encourage governments to create safety standards and protocols when dealing with accidents, wastes or normal production, to facilitate a fast reaction from the government if necessary; 11. Recommends the implementation of regional bodies, such as EUROTOM, to tackle issues within those region; 12. Encourages the creation of a fund and active investments on developing technology in order to reduce human factor; 13. Urges member States, with the assistance of the IAEA Secretariat, to strengthen the emergency notification system, and reporting and information sharing arrangements and capabilities. 14. Calls for ember States, with the assistance of the IAEA Secretariat, to enhance the transparency and effectiveness of communication among operators, regulators and various international organizations, and strengthen the IAEAs coordinating role in this regard, underlining that the freest possible flow and wide dissemination of safety related technical and technological information enhances nuclear safety; 15. Recommends the IAEA Secretariat to provide Member States, international organizations and the general public with timely, clear, factually correct, objective and easily understandable information during a nuclear emergency on its potential consequences, including analysis of available information and prognosis of possible scenarios based on evidence, scientific knowledge and the capabilities of Member States; 16. Further invites the IAEA Secretariat to organize international experts meetings to analyse all relevant technical aspects and learn the lessons from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station accident;

17. Emphasizes the need to enhance coordination of efforts on national, subregional, regional and international levels in order to strengthen a global response to this serious challenge and threat to international security; 18. Calls upon countries to follow the safety standards set by the IAEA on crisis management; 19. Further invites countries to join IAEAs technology share program to assure cooperation, innovation, security and safety on nuclear energy matters; 20. Calls upon countries to sign the NTP, and related treaties proposed in the IAEA to assure safety in nuclear facilities; 21. Requests States to ensure improvement, as necessary, of management systems, safety culture, human resources management, and scientific and technical capacity in operating organizations; the IAEA Secretariat to provide assistance to Member States upon request; 22. Further invites States to utilize as broadly and effectively as possible the IAEA Safety Standards in an open, timely and transparent manner. The IAEA Secretariat to continue providing support and assistance in the implementation of IAEA Safety Standards; 23. Requests countries to create an appropriate nuclear infrastructure based on IAEA Safety Standards and other relevant guidance, and the IAEA Secretariat to provide assistance as may be requested; 24. Recommends Member States to voluntarily host Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Reviews (INIR) and relevant peer review missions, including site and design safety reviews, prior to commissioning the first nuclear power plant; 25. Calls upon member States, the IAEA Secretariat and other relevant stakeholders to facilitate the use of available information, expertise and techniques for monitoring, decontamination and remediation both on and off nuclear sites and the IAEA Secretariat to consider strategies and programmers to improve knowledge and strengthen capabilities in these areas;

26. Encourages the Secretariat and Member States to make effective use of the International Atomic Energy Agencys (IAEA) technical cooperation resources for the further enhancement of safety; 27. Requests the IAEA to undertake a full review of the implications of the Fukushima accident and to ensure that the lessons learned are considered in the further development and revisions of the IAEA Safety Standards and safety services; 28. Acknowledges the need to strengthen global nuclear safety, building upon knowledge gained
from the investigation of the accident at Fukushima, and looks forward to the international conference on nuclear safety to be co-hosted by Japan and the IAEA in 2012; 29. Recommends the use of cadmium sulphate solution to manage nuclear disposal material in case of lack of PGM, and compounds recommended by the IAEA;

NUCLEAR WASTE 30. Urges the Plasma Gasification Melting (PGM) technology as the method used for the disposal of nuclear wastes to reduce the pollution in water and soil that other methods produce; 31. Recommend the instalment of plasma gasification melting facilities or any disposal method facilities near to nuclear plants, to avoid long transportation of nuclear wastes; 32. Calls upon member states to further develop join tracking system of nuclear wastes (TSNUW). In which monitoring of the nuclear material will done, to assure the correct transport, disposal and management of nuclear material. With help of IAEAs RANET (response assistance network) and WANO (world association of nuclear operators);

33. Urges countries to assure that nuclear wastes is controlled and prevent from getting into non state actors by using military assistance on all the stages of the process; 34. Calls upon the IAEA Secretariat to strengthen cooperation with WANO by amending their Memorandum of Understanding to enhance information exchange on operating experience and on other relevant safety and engineering areas and, in consultation with other relevant stakeholders, to explore mechanisms to enhance communication and interaction among operating organizations; 35. Further reminds that improvements on the existing nuclear energy infrastructure and technology in regards to waste management needs to be addressed, a. Encourage existing Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management to ensure the collective concern on safe management of spent fuel and radioactive waste b. Cooperate with National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Nuclear Waste Technical Board, and Nuclear Regulatory Commission to do a research on suitable materials to shield the storage from radiation products; i. Suggest a deadline of July 2014 for the group to develop a comprehensive plan based on the latest available research on the future of management of nuclear waste, ii. Develop a comprehensive regulatory framework that could be utilized by other national agencies or IAEA iii. Look further into the issue of securing funding for various waste management to be undertaken at the national level iv. Education and recruitment of competent staff and employees v. Encourage each member states to secure potential geological repositories for high level waste 36. Implement different approach to different types of nuclear waste by classifying them into three different categories: a. Low level, Medium level, and High level waste, a. Put into practice three level approach to optimally address the issue of dangerous nuclear waste: i. Concentrate and Contain for low level waste, ii. Dilute and Disperse for medium level waste, iii. Delay and Decay for high level waste, b. Recognizing the potential of some nuclear waste to be used by reprocessing, meaning separating the uranium, plutonium, and other useful minerals from high level waste and reuse wherever possible; c. Recommend all member states with existing nuclear power capabilities and IAEA to continue their research and innovation efforts in nuclear power plant designs to reduce the amount of waste produced by the plant. NUCLEAR FUTURE 37. Calls for the AIEA to set an investigation aimed to abandoned nuclear facilities around the world, especially those abandoned after the cold war, to analyses the risk of radiation exposure or other factors that could harm the health of near habitants; 38. Request governments analyze the possibility of insurgent groups have taken nuclear material from abandoned nuclear facilities or from nuclear waste disposal areas to create dirt bomb; 39. Authorizes the implementation of an emergency response framework that includes the following: a. Reform the Manual for Off-site Emergency Planning and Response to Nuclear Accidents in the following way:

Request signatory countries to comply with the perimeter of evacuation determined by the IAEA in case of a possible nuclear accident, ii. In case of a nuclear disaster, the affected country must submit to the level of intensity that the IAEA has determined; 40. Calls for developed nations alongside the IAEA to invest in producing cheaper materials for nuclear energy production for the purpose of: b. Facilitating the ease with which nations acquire civilian nuclear energy c. Reduce the hindrance IAEA protocol have on developing nations d. Finding both cheap and safe materials that meet IAEA protocol but also are economical; 41. Invites all member states must consider the implementation of the following iMeasure emergency plan: e. Distribution of sufficient low-cost mobile radiation measurement devices (iMeasure) that can be connected to mobile phones in order to report on the levels of radiation in the area of disaster; i. Calibrating the devices so that the users know exactly when the Gr level is no longer safe for the mobile unit ii. Instructing users with an interactive tutorial on how to use the iMeasure devices in the best manner also regarding the use of the social networks in such cases as a place to share relevant information; b. Installing ways to order this information and draw potential conclusions at the national emergency units; c. Ensure wireless internet access in case of emergency by means of mobile units and fast repair teams; 42. Further urges for the formation of CEGS- Clean Energy Grants and Scholarships to encourage and foster growth of Research and Development of all sectors of the economy, especially to those who are unable to receive proper investments; a. CEGS will be funded by donations from both public governments and private enterprises, with the Republic of India providing necessary start-up funding; b. CEGS will be overseen by the IAEA, and both will work together in order to make decisions more clear and effective; i. Form a CEGS Inspection Committee (CEGSIC) to monitor and report on the progress of CEGS, made available to the general public to achieve full transparency; ii. Encourage donations from both member countries and outside in companies and entrepreneurs to help fund CEGS; iii. Acknowledging the differences between rudimentary and existing technologies and approaching them in separate methods, of which will be decided upon by CEGS; 43. Recommends to Member States the implementation of the GO (Green Opportunities) Program to modernize the national transport sector, and effectively reducing the dependency on carbon by: f. Forming a coordinated implementation of projects to develop smart, upgraded and fully interconnected transport infrastructures; g. Reducing CO2 emissions for road vehicles, aviation and maritime transport through a green transport initiative that promotes; i. Research, development and implementation of new technologies, including but not limited to electric, hybrid cars, and hydrogen fuel cell;

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Increasing the production of hydrogen fuels for the transportation sector, also in order to improve public health conditions with regards to atmospheric pollutants; iii. Compliance with biofuel inclusion targets for the transport sector established in 2001 to reduce CO2 emissions; h. Grid infrastructures for the aforementioned electric mobility vehicles, i. Intelligent traffic management including: i. Tolls for urban city centers as coordinated by the covenant of the mayors ii. Public transportation systems based on sustainable fuels, electricity; ii. 44. Affirms that nuclear energy should become available for developing and lesser-developed countries through the enhancement of technical cooperation and the implementation of an International Nuclear Energy Development Program (INEDP) that would: j. Be set up within the UNDP in close collaboration with the IAEA k. Allow developing countries to build civil nuclear facilities according to the IAEA authorized designs l. Enhance technical cooperation between countries through the participation of scientific experts from the IAEA and nuclear countries resulting in the formation of qualified nuclear engineers and administrators in developing countries m. Set up comprehensive ways of financing regarding the necessary massive investments to build and start operating a nuclear reactor. The funding should come jointly from such actors as, but not limited to: i. The UNDP ii. Nuclear operating firms 45. Further invites developing countries to renegotiate their commercial agreements with nuclear operating firms on uranium and radioactive materials extraction 46. Deplores the distorted concurrence in the global nuclear industry favoring developed countries economic and energetic interests at the expense of developing countries a. Preparing emergency response in time of nuclear accident and post nuclear accident by: i. Training on how to react in time of accidents in order to minimze any panick among the employess to not exacerbating the situation; ii. Follow standard of proedures for the emergency response in time of accident; iii. Qucikly shut down the chain reaction section and turn on the emergency cooling system of the reactor; iv. Follow evacuaion way and go to the evacuation area which has been determined before to avoid the radiation products released from reactor; v. Call local government to inform public about the accident and report the current situation of the site. The report must contain as follows: (1) Number of radiation products release from reactor; (2) Level of accident; (3) Evacuation process; (4) Things to do in the emergency time of nuclear accident; vi. Call Ionising Radiations Advisor Committee and National Radiological Protection Board to immediately assess number of radiation products release from reator. The assessment must quickly report to the local government and IAEA. vii. Release press conference to report the assessment to the public; viii. Ask Department of Health and Health and Safety Commission to check degree of radiation effects of the whole employees and residents;

ix. Immediately give medication treatment to the serious radiation infectious person; x. Clear the area of nulcear reactors from people to avoid the radiation effects until there is permission from local government, IAEA, and NRC; 47. Urges the IAEA to adapt its protocols to fit the unique constraints and individual situations of all nations pursuing nuclear programs, both developing and developed: n. Form regional research and oversight bodies that work to understand the resources and limitations present within nations of similar circumstances that would report up to the larger IAEA body and propose policy changes on behalf of the region, o. Employ regime experts that work with national leaders to understand the express situation of each nation p. Regime experts will serve as a bridge between the IAEA and individual nations in order to help the IAEA adapt protocols to encourage collaboration and compliance with the nation; 48. Suggests to strengthen relations between the IAEA and the UN. Develop a communication bridge between the two organisms aiming to share information and optimize creation and implementation of regulations; 49. Strongly believes that the government should assess and release information on the safety and risks of nuclear reactors and urge to make voluntary efforts and continuous improvement of the nuclear safety under the observation of the public. It will bring more transparency; 50. Recommends enduring efforts to enhance the effectiveness order to ensure domestic and foreign trusts of the nuclear safety administration and improve its functions; 51. Firmly suggests the realization of investigations on renewable energies looking forward to a future, minimizing nuclear risks that come with the rises of nuclear energy, attempting to diversify energy resources. Extent the studies over solar power, wind power and hydro, and the possibility of implementation of these new technologies in developing countries; 52. Calls upon governments to assess and release information on the safety and risks of nuclear reactors and urge to make voluntary efforts and continuous improvement of the nuclear safety under the observation of the public. It will bring more transparency; 53. Further recommends applying efforts to enhance the effectiveness order to ensure domestic and foreign trusts of the nuclear safety administration and improve its functions; 54. Supports the implementation of the Key Lessons Learned Program (Key-LL), which will cover 5 specific areas: Prevention of Severe Accident, Severe Accident Management Guideline (SAMG), Emergency Response, Safety Infrastructure and Safety Culture; 55. Recognizes the sovereignty of all states and their ability to develop nuclear programs.