NuclearfuelcycleIAEAPanama09

The Nuclear Fuel Cycle Country: Panama Committee: IAEA Name: Heather Morgan  Country Profile:  A.  PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY  1.  Official name of country is The Republic of Panama  2. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The climate in Panama is tropical maritime, hot, humid, cloudy. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">3. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">a. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">location of Panama is 9 00N, 80 00W. In Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">b. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The physical features are mostly steep, rugged mountains, and rolling hills. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">c. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The size of the country is 75,990 sq km. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">B. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">4. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The type of government is Constitutional Democracy. Democratic Change or CD [Ricardo MARTINELLI]; Democratic Revolutionary Party or PRD [Martin TORRIJOS Espino]; Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement or MOLIRENA [Sergio GONZALEZ-Ruiz]; Panamenista Party or PA [Juan Carlos VARELA] (formerly the Arnulfista Party); Patriotic Union Party or PU (combination of the Liberal National Party or PLN and the Solidarity Party or PS) [Guillermo "Billy" FORD and Anibal GALINDO]; Popular Party or PP [Rene ORILLAC] (formerly Christian Democratic Party or PDC) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">5. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The capital is Panama <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">6. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The international organization affiliations are climate change. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">7. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">There are 851,044 armed forces <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">C. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">8. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The official language is Spanish. The other language spoken is English. Most of us are mixed white and americadian. Our major religion is Roman Catholic. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">9. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The population is 3,309,679. 1.544% is the population growth rate. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">10. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The major city is the Capital, Panama. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">11. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The number of birth rates is 20.68 and the number of death rates is 4.71. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">12. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">3.8% of teachers and doctors per population <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">D. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">13. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The GDP is $34.81 billion total. Per capital are 10,700. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">14. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">20.2 <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">% of land is used for agriculture. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">15. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The natural resources are copper, mahogany forests. Shrimp. hydropower <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">16. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The major agricultural is bananas, rice, corn, coffee. Sugarcane, vegetables, livestock, shrimp. The industries products are construction, brewing, cement, and other construction materials, and sugar milling. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">17. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The major exports are bananas, shrimp, sugar, coffee, and clothing. The major imports are capital goods, food stuffs, consumer goods, and chemicals. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">18. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">There currency is balboa and us dollar. The exchange rate are balboa per one us dollar. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">19. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">balance of trade for exports is 9.312 billion. Balance of trade for imports is 12.62 billion. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">20. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">There <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">historical events is the Independence Day on 3 November 1903, where we became independent from Spain. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"><https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pm.htm>l <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">II. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Background: <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The nuclear fuel cycle is the process through which fissionable materials are processed. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The contribution of nuclear power to world electricity production has been stable, remaining at about 16% for the past few years. Some say that after it has been proposed that after the spent fuel is stored, is should be reprocessing. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">In Finland and the USA. Efforts are continuing towards the construction of geologic repositories at olkiluoto and Yucca Mountain. In Canada, the nuclear fuel waste act came force this past November. This requires the owners of spent fuel to develop a disposal plan and a management within three years. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The democratic people’s republic of Korea for the application of safe guards in connection with the treaty on the Non- proliferation of nuclear weapons. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">III. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">UN Involvement: (25 points) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;">   <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/ga10524.doc.htm <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/ga10291.doc.htm <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The Netherlands, Brazil, China, Pakistan, Ukraine, Malaysia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Cuba, Japan, Russian, Federation, Angola, Ghana, Mexico, Columbia, and Norway are all of the countries involved in to strengthen the nuclear non-proliferation regime. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The UN and the IAEA along with the NPT treaty are working together to ensure the peaceful usage of nuclear materials. Nuclear fuel recycling and uranium enrichment are a serious issue to the non- proliferation treaty (NPT). The NPT has created and arrangement of safeguards carried out by the IAEA. These safeguards are accounting and auditing procedures. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The assembly noted important resolution adopted by the agency’s governing council in the past year, including UN measures to strengthen international cooperation in nuclear, radiation and transport safety and waste management. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">IV. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Country Policy/Possible Solutions: <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Panama has not signed or past anything of nuclear fuel cycling. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Panama has no back history on this topic. Other countries around has but panama has not been involved in nuclear performing. <span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Panama has not seemed to help out any country; we were just not bothered by nuclear performing. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">My country will support whatever is right. We want peace in the world again, so we will sign anything that comes to that. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">We are working on a solution for other countries to pass a law, to get rid of all nuclear stuff. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">