OKINAWA NUCLEAR FREE ZONE – MODEL RESOLUTION - ENGLISH VERSION
NOTE: The Okinawa Nuclear-Free Zone Model Resolution is modeled after the
Nuclear Free Zone Ordinance (Section 12.90.070 of the Nuclear Free
Berkeley Act (Berkeley. Municipal Code Ch. 12.90; Ordinance No.
5784-N.S.)), enacted by the City of Berkeley, CA, USA. The
Nuclear-Free Zone Model Resolution (below) extends the prohibition
beyond nuclear weapons to encompass Depleted Uranium (DU) munitions
and weapons; nuclear power plants (which by the evidence is a
tremendous and unacceptable health hazard to the surrounding civilian
population); and other nuclear technologies and nuclear waste.
Thank you.
(Contact Information at End of Resolution)
OKINAWA NUCLEAR FREE ZONE – MODEL RESOLUTION
1.0 Title: This Resolution shall be named the
__________________, Okinawa Prefecture (Name of City; municipality) Nuclear-Free Zone
Resolution.
2.0 Purpose: The Purpose of this Okinawa Nuclear-free Zone Resolution is to
protect the public health and the health of the environment of
__________________, Okinawa Prefecture (Name of City; municipality) from the negative impacts caused by nuclear technologies, including but not limited to nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons testing, nuclear power and nuclear reactors, and depleted uranium, which produce permanent, pernicious radioactive poisons which act globally.
3.0 Findings: The negative impacts of radiation from nuclear weapons
and nuclear weapons testing, nuclear power and nuclear reactors, and
depleted uranium weaponry, include but are not limited to the
following.
3.1 Cancer
3.2 Birth defects
3.3 Chronic diseases caused by neurological and neuromuscular
radiation damage
3.4 Mitochondrial diseases (Chronic fatigue syndrome, Lou Gehrig's,
Parkinsons and Alzheimer's; Heart and brain disorders)
3.5 Global DNA damage in men's sperm; Infertility in women.
3.6 Learning disabilities
3.7 Mental illness -
3.8 Lower birth rates & higher death rates
3.9 Diabetes
3.10 Infant mortality and low birth weights
3.11 Negative impacts of atmospheric testing on Environment
3.12 It is hereby found that the only feasible remedy to cease the
damage to the environment and public health caused by ionizing
radiation, and to safeguard the future of humanity and all living
things, is to permanently abolish all nuclear technologies.
4.0 Okinawa Nuclear-Free Zone:
__________________, Okinawa
Prefecture (Name of City; municipality) including but not limited to
all land, waters, and airspace herein, is hereby declared a permanent
nuclear-free zone.
5.0 PROHIBITIONS
5.1 Nuclear weapons – Any research, design, development, production,
testing, transport, storage, placement, sale, use or deployment of any
and all nuclear weapons is hereby permanently prohibited within the
territorial limits, waters and airspace of __________________, Okinawa Prefecture (Name of City; municipality)
5.2 Nuclear power plants, nuclear reactors, nuclear reprocessing
plants - Any research, design, development, production, testing,
transport, storage, placement, sale, use or deployment of any and all
nuclear power plants, nuclear reactors (whether land-based, air-based,
sea-based, or space-based), or nuclear re-processing plants is hereby
permanently prohibited within the territorial limits, waters and
airspace of __________________, Okinawa Prefecture (Name of City; municipality)
5.3 Depleted Uranium - Any research, design, mining, production,
testing, transport, storage, placement, sale, use or deployment of
depleted uranium and/or any research, design, production, testing,
transport, storage, placement, sale, use or deployment of any military
or civilian munitions, vehicles, aircraft, missiles, or any other
devices containing any amount of depleted uranium, is hereby
permanently prohibited within the territorial limits, waters and
airspace of __________________, Okinawa Prefecture (Name of City; municipality)
5.4 Nuclear technologies – Any research, design, production, testing,
transport, storage, placement, sale or deployment of any other nuclear
technology that uses nuclear energy is hereby permanently prohibited
within the territorial limits, waters and airspace of __________________, Okinawa Prefecture (Name of City; municipality)
5.5 Nuclear waste - The production, testing, transport, storage,
placement, sale, use or deployment of any and all nuclear waste is
hereby permanently prohibited within the territorial limits, waters
and airspace of __________________, Okinawa Prefecture (Name of City; municipality)
6.0 Definitions
6.1.1 "Nuclear weapon" is any device, the intended explosion of
which results from the energy released by reactions involving atomic
nuclei, either fission or fusion, or both. This definition of nuclear
weapons includes the means of transporting, guiding, propelling or
triggering the weapon if and only if such means is destroyed or
rendered useless in the normal propelling, triggering, or detonation
of the weapon.
6.1.2 "Component of a nuclear weapon" is any device, radioactive or
non-radioactive, the primary intended function of which is to
contribute to the operation of a nuclear weapon (or be a part of a
nuclear weapon).
6.2.1 "Nuclear reactor" is any device, the purpose of which is to
release energy from non-explosive reactions involving the fission of
atomic nuclei.
6.2.2 "Nuclear power plant is any device for the production of
electricity utilizing a nuclear reactor or through technologies
utilizing nuclear fuel.
6.3 "Nuclear waste" is any by-product of nuclear weapons or nuclear fuel cycles.
6.4 Nuclear fuel cycle is the mining, enrichment, transport,
reprocessing and/or storage of nuclear waste.
6.5 Nuclear technology is any technology that utilizes nuclear energy,
including but not limited to nuclear weapons, nuclear reactors, and/or
depleted uranium.
7.0 ENFORCEMENT
7.1 Any person or employee, contractor, officer, director, or other agent
of any civilian or military governmental entity, corporation,
university, laboratory, institution, non-governmental organization,
partnership or other entity who violates any provision of this
Resolution, including but not limited to Article 5.0 of this
Resolution shall be punished by:
(a) Up to _______ years imprisonment for each violation of this
Resolution; and
(b) A fine of ____________/day for each continuing violation of
this Resolution.
7.2 Residents of ________________________________ (Name of City;
municipality; county; province; prefecture; state; nation, etc.) shall
also have the right to enforce this act by appropriate civil actions
for declaratory or injunctive relief. Reasonable attorney's fees and
court costs shall be awarded to prevailing plaintiff in such
litigation.
8.0 Public notice of nuclear free zone.
8.1 Appropriate signs shall be posted in
__________________, Okinawa Prefecture (Name of City; municipality)
For information, please contact:
OKINAWA:
Gene Tamashiro - Okinawa
Email: <tamashirorganics@gmail.com>
Kiyoshi Gari Inoue - Okinawa
Email: <garikichi@rainbow.plala.or.jp>
Canada:
CAMPAIGN FOR COOPERATION IN SPACE
3339 West 41 Avenue
Vancouver, B.C. V6N3E5 CANADA
TEL: 604-733-8134
FAX: 604-733-8135
Email: peace@peaceinspace.org
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Alfred Lambremont Webre, JD, MEd
USA:
Radiation Science Adviser
Scientist Leuren Moret
Email: leurenmoret@yahoo.com
Tel: 510-845-3139
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