Concerned that GA#610 places a great deal of power in the hands of the Nuclear Energy Safety Commission (NESC), inasmuch as it:
- forbids member states from using any mode of nuclear waste disposal that the NESC has not approved (Articles 2a/3a), particularly when it would be more intuitive to simply require that no such mode be used which could result in anything more than minimal contamination,
- requires the NESC to investigate all proposed "nuclear waste storage and burial sites" (Article 2b), even if this can be effectively done by the member in question, and
- even insists that the NESC regulate "domestic transport of radioactive materials" (Article 2d), a particularly baffling mandate when GA#610 says nothing about international transport thereof,
Uncertain of the need for Article 3b (the only Article that is neither a definition nor something which creates work for the NESC) - which requires that, when a nuclear contamination incident happens in a member state, it inform all other states which face a "foreseeable risk of that contamination spreading to... their nation" - given the existence of GA#60 "Nuclear Disaster Response Act," which instead requires such members to alert other states if they "may have been affected" by such an incident,
Affirming that the repeal of GA#610 will not mean that member states are free to store nuclear waste wherever they want without any accountability, because Article 2 of GA#645 "Responsible Handling of Toxic Materials" forbids member states from storing unprocessed toxic waste - such as nuclear waste - in any place where it could "contaminate surrounding environments," or destroying it in a manner that could lead to such contamination, and
Encouraging the passage of future international law on the subject of decommissioning nuclear waste, such that the World Assembly can enjoy a fuller suite of laws to protect against toxic pollution...
The General Assembly hereby repeals GA#610 "Safe Disposal of Nuclear Waste."
