Bill No. 2000-4

Ordinance No. _______

AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT THE TRANSPORTATION OF HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER RELATED MATTERS.

Sponsored by: Mayor Oscar B. Goodman

Summary: Prohibits the transportation of high-level nuclear waste within the City limits.

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1: Title 9 of the Municipal Code of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, 1983 Edition, is hereby amended by adding thereto a new chapter, designated as Chapter 37, consisting of Sections 10 and 20, reading as follows:

9.37.010:           Purposes of this Chapter, the following terms have the meanings ascribed to them: “High-level nuclear waste” means highly radioactive material:

(A)   That results from the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, including liquid waste produced directly in reprocessing, and any solid material derived from such liquid waste that now contains fission products in sufficient concentrations; or

(B)  That the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, consistent with existing law, determines by rule requires permanent isolation;

Spent nuclear fuel means fuel that has been withdrawn from a nuclear reactor following irradiation, the constituent elements of which have not been separated by reprocessing

9.37.020:  It is unlawful for any person to transport, within or through the corporate boundaries of the City, any high-level nuclear waste for delivery to a repository for nuclear waste.

SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase in this ordinance or any part thereof, is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, or invalid or ineffective by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the remaining portions of this ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council of the City of Las Vegas hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of that fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional, invalid or ineffective.

SECTION 3: Whenever in this ordinance any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever in this ordinance the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, the doing of such prohibited act or the failure to do any such required act shall constitute a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more that $1,000.00 or by imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or by any combination of such fine and imprisonment. Any day of any violation of this ordinance shall constitute a separate offense.

SECTION 4: All ordinances or parts of ordinances or sections, subsections, phrases, sentences, clauses or paragraphs contained in the Municipal Code of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, 1983 Edition, in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

PASSED, ADOPTED, and APPROVED this ___ day of _________, 2000.

APPROVED:

By:______________________________

Oscar B. Goodman, Mayor

ATTEST:

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Barbara Jo Ronemus, City Clerk

Approved As to Form

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