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Austria · National Council · 14 June 2012
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Erwin Preiner, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Atomkraft ist nicht nachhaltig - aktuelle Fragen
Austria · National Council · 14 June 2012
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Werner Neubauer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Einhaltung der Aarhus-Konvention bei Temelin-UVP <i>(Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung)</i>
Austria · National Council · 13 June 2012
Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Umsetzung der Petition für den weltweiten Atomausstieg
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 1 June 2012
Stand van zaken voornemens kernenergie
Austria · National Council · 31 May 2012
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Harald Walser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur betreffend veraltete Schulbücher in der HTL <i>(Höheren Technischen Lehranstalt)</i> , die Atomkraft als umweltfreundlich bezeichnen
Austria · National Council · 23 May 2012
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Wissenschaft und Forschung betreffend Forschungsreaktor Wien
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 2012
Commends the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Department of Energy (DOE) for hosting the Third International Conference on Nuclear Power Plant Life Management in the United States. Applauds the efforts of conference attendees to discuss and explore the increased role of nuclear power plant life management in support of license renewal and the safe, long-term operation of commercial nuclear reactors throughout the world. Thanks the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for organizing the Third International Conference on Nuclear Power Plant Life Management in the United States for the first time, and encourages member states of the IAEA to take advantage of the latest available technology to further develop licensing programs, promote safety, and secure the long-term success of commercial nuclear power generation.
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 8 May 2012
Europese peer review van het Nationaal Rapport stresstest kerncentrale Borssele
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2012
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for FY2013. Appropriates funds to the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers-Civil, for: (1) civil functions pertaining to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic ecosystem restoration (including the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri); (2) the regulatory program pertaining to navigable waters and wetlands; (3) the formerly utilized sites remedial action program for clean-up of early atomic energy program contamination; (4) flood control and coastal emergencies, including hurricanes and other natural disasters; and (5) the Office of Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works). Makes appropriations for FY2013 to the Department of the Interior for: (1) the Central Utah Project; and (2) the Bureau of Reclamation, including for water and related natural resources, the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund, California Bay-Delta Restoration, and administrative expenses in the Office of the Commissioner (the Denver office), and offices in the five regions of the Bureau of Reclamation. Makes appropriations for FY2013 to the Department of Energy (DOE) for energy and science programs, including: (1) energy efficiency and renewable energy, (2) electricity delivery and energy reliability, (3) nuclear energy, (4) fossil energy research and development, (5) naval petroleum and oil shale reserves, (6) the Elk Hills School Lands Fund, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), and the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve, (7) the Energy Information Administration, (8) non-defense environmental cleanup, (9) the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund, (10) science activities, (11) nuclear waste disposal, (12) the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), (13) the Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Loan Program, (14) the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program, (15) departmental administration, (16) the Office of the Inspector General, (17) the National Nuclear Security Administration and atomic energy defense weapons activities, (18) defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, (19) naval reactors activities, (20) Office of the Administrator in the National Nuclear Security Administration, (21) defense environmental cleanup, and (22) other defense activities. Approves expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund for specified construction activities. Makes FY2013 appropriations for operation and maintenance of: (1) the Southeastern Power Administration, (2) the Southwestern Power Administration, (3) the Western Area Power Administration, including construction and rehabilitation, (4) the Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund, (5) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and (6) specified DOE activities. Makes FY2013 appropriations to: (1) the Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; (3) the Delta Regional Authority; (4) the Denali Commission; (5) the Northern Border Regional Commission; (6) the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission; (7) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), including the Office of Inspector General; (8) the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board; and (9) the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects. Prohibits the use of funds: (1) to conduct closure of adjudicatory functions, technical review, or support activities associated with the Yucca Mountain (Nevada) geologic repository license application; or (2) for actions that irrevocably remove the possibility that Yucca Mountain may be a repository option in the future. Sets $0.00 as the amount by which the applicable allocation of new budget authority made by the House Committee on Appropriations exceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
Germany · German Bundestag · 30 April 2012
Vorliegende Informationen zum Programm SUP, geplante Sicherheitsmaßnahmen für die 15 ukrainischen Reaktoren als Teil des Lebensdauerverlängerungsprogramms zur Überschreitung der ursprünglich vorgesehenen Designlebensdauer von 30 Jahren, erreichbare Sicherheitsstandards und erhöhte Unfallrisiken, Genehmigungsverfahren und Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfungen, möglicherweise verfrühte Finanzierungszusagen von Euratom und EBWE<br /> (insgesamt 15 Einzelfragen)
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2012
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for FY2013. Makes FY2013 appropriations to the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers-Civil, for FY2013 for: (1) civil functions pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic ecosystem restoration (including the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri); (2) the regulatory program pertaining to navigable waters and wetlands; (3) the formerly utilized sites remedial action program for clean-up of early atomic energy program contamination; (4) flood control and coastal emergencies, including hurricanes and other natural disasters; and (5) the Office of Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works). Makes FY2013 appropriations to the Department of the Interior for: (1) the Central Utah Project; (2) the Bureau of Reclamation, including water and related natural resources; (3) the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund; (4) California Bay-Delta Restoration, and (5) administrative expenses in the Office of the Commissioner (the Denver office). Makes appropriations for FY2013 to the Department of Energy (DOE) for energy and science programs, including: (1) energy efficiency and renewable energy, (2) electricity delivery and energy reliability, (3) nuclear energy, (4) fossil energy research and development, (5) naval petroleum and oil shale reserves, (6) Elk Hills School Lands Fund, (7) the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) and the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve, (8) the Energy Information Administration, (9) non-defense environmental cleanup, (10) the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund, (11) science activities, (12) the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), (13) the Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Loan Program, (14) the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program, (15) departmental administration, (16) the Office of the Inspector General, (17) the National Nuclear Security Administration and atomic energy defense weapons activities, (18) defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, (19) naval reactors activities, (20) Office of the Administrator in the National Nuclear Security Administration, (21) atomic energy defense environmental cleanup, and (22) other defense activities including plant and capital expenses for atomic energy defense and classified activities. Approves expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund. Makes FY2013 appropriations for operation and maintenance of: (1) the Southeastern Power Administration; (2) the Southwestern Power Administration; (3) the Western Area Power Administration, including construction and rehabilitation; (4) the Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund; and (5) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Makes FY2013 appropriations to: (1) the Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; (3) the Delta Regional Authority; (4) the Denali Commission; (5) Northern Border Regional Commission; (6) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), including the Office of Inspector General; (7) the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board; and (8) the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to influence congressional action on legislation or appropriation pending before Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2012
Yucca Utilization to Control Contamination Act - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to direct the President to publish in the Federal Register a notice certifying that the Yucca Mountain site (Nevada) is the selected site for the development of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. Declares that, if the President fails to publish the certification or revokes it, each entity: (1) that is required to make a payment to the Nuclear Waste Fund shall not be required to make any additional payment; and (2) that has made a payment shall receive a refund, 75% of which shall be used for rebates to the entity's ratepayers, and 25% shall be used to carry out upgrades to the entity's nuclear power facilities to enhance the storage and security of materials used to generate nuclear power. Requires the Secretary of Energy to initiate by January 1, 2017, the transportation to the Yucca Mountain site of defense waste from each state in which it is located. Imposes penalties on the Secretary for failure to initiate such transportation.
Germany · German Bundestag · 20 April 2012
Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Weshalb ist das Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit (BMU) im Gegensatz zum Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWi) noch nicht in der Lage, der von Staaten wie Großbritannien und Frankreich angestrebten Gleichstellung von Atomkraft und erneuerbaren Energien in der neuen „Energy Roadmap 2050“ der Europäischen Union bereits ablehnend gegenüberzustehen (vgl. Frankfurter Rundschau vom 14. April 2012: „Das Bundeswirtschaftsministerium teilte auf FR-Anfrage mit, man stehe den Plänen ablehnend gegenüber. Aus dem Umweltministerium wurde verlautbart, die dortige Meinungsbildung zur EU-Energiepolitik sei noch im Gange.“), und welche konkreten Gründe sprechen aus Sicht des BMU für eine derartige Gleichstellung von Atomkraft und erneuerbaren Energien im Rahmen der EU-Energiepolitikziele bis 2050?
Austria · National Council · 18 April 2012
Bericht des Gesundheitsausschusses über den Antrag 181/A(E) der Abgeordneten Ing. Norbert Hofer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend die Revision des Abkommens zwischen WHO und IAEO (WHA 12-40) vom 28. Mai 1959
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2012
Energy Exploration and Production to Achieve National Demand Act or EXPAND Act - Title I: Development of Federal Energy Resources - Amends the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to repeal the moratorium upon oil and gas leasing (or any related activity) in: (1) any area east of the Military Mission Line in the Gulf of Mexico; (2) any area in the Eastern Planning Area that is within 125 miles of the Florida coastline; or (3) specified areas within the Central Planning Area and within 100 miles of the Florida coastline. Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) regarding the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) leasing program to direct Secretary of Defense (DOD) to review OCS areas that have been designated as restricted from exploration and operation to determine whether they should remain under restriction. Instructs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary in this title) to offer for leasing: (1) the Destin Dome and Pensacola areas, even though they were omitted from a certain 5-year leasing program, (2) any other areas in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area that are made available for leasing under this Act, and (3) include the aforementioned areas in any 5-year leasing program approved after the date of enactment of this Act. Extends, by 24 months, certain deepwater oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico OCS region that were not producing as of April 30, 2010. Directs the Secretary to: (1) reinstate certain expired leases, and (2) conduct expanded OCS lease sales. Sets forth an allocation scheme for coastal states to receive funds from OCS leases that are inversely proportional to the respective distances between the point on the coastline of the adjacent state that is closest to the geographic center of the applicable leased tract and the geographic center of the leased tract. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to establish and implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Arctic Coastal Plain. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) designate special areas on such Coastal Plain to preserve fish, wildlife, and subsistence resource values, and (2) exclude leasing or surface occupancy from such areas. Authorizes, however, leasing all or a portion of a Special Area under terms permitting horizontal drilling technology from sites on leases located outside the Special Area. Prescribes: (1) lease sales procedures, (2) lease terms and conditions, and (3) Coastal Plain environmental protection. Sets forth requirements for: (1) distribution of federal and state revenues emanating from bonus, rental, and royalty revenues from oil and gas leasing and operations, (2) semiannual payments to the state of Alaska, (3) rights-of-way and easements across the Coastal Plain for oil and gas transportation, (4) conveyance of surface and subsurface estates to specified Corporations, and (5) local government aid and community service assistance. Establishes in the Treasury the Coastal Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund. Expresses the sense of Congress regarding establishment of regional offices and regional permit coordinators to coordinate review of federal permits for oil and gas projects on federal lands onshore and on the OCS, including the appointment of a Regional Permit Coordinator. Prescribes federal agency schedules for permit decisionmaking. Designates the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to act as lead agency for any agency action regarding a Priority Energy Project pursuant to this Act. Amends federal law governing congressional review of agency rulemaking to add: (1) congressional approval procedures for major rules, and (2) congressional disapproval procedures for nonmajor rules. Requires the Secretary invite the governor of any state in which either an oil and gas operation may require a federal permit, or whose coastline is in immediate geographic proximity to OCS oil and gas operations, to be a signatory to a specified memorandum in order to fulfill any state responsibilities regarding federal oil and gas permitting decisions. Authorizes a federal agency with jurisdiction over a Priority Energy Project to delegate to the state in which the Project is located the agency's statutory responsibilities regarding the Project. Removes from further administrative review within the federal agency responsible for decisionmaking any oil and gas permitting decision for federal lands onshore or on the OCS. Subjects to congressional approval implemention, administration, or enforcment by the BLM of Secretarial Order No. 3310. Prescribes wilderness designation procedures subject to congressional approval. Subjects to congressional approval any future executive branch action that withdraws more than 100 acres in the aggregate of public lands within the United States. Grants FERC, in lieu of the Department of the Interior, exclusive jurisdiction and authority to implement and administer the leasing program for research and development of oil shale and tar sands and all other programs and requirements contained in the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Instructs the Secretary to take actions to ensure that by January 1, 2018, at least 10% of the federal OCS lands and at least 10% of onshore federal lands and interests in lands that are under the Secretary's jurisdiction, are being leased for the production of energy. Confers upon the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia exclusive jurisdiction over any final agency decision concerning covered oil and natural gas activity. Requires the Secretary to complete and finalize the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Solar Energy Development in Six Southwestern States to analyze the potential impacts of developing solar energy on land administered by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to publish in the Federal Register a notice of intent to prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement to analyze the potential impacts of a program to develop solar and wind energy on National Forest System land. Directs the Secretary of Defense to identify locations on land withdrawn from the public domain and reserved for military purposes that exhibit a high potential for solar, wind, geothermal, or other energy resources production. Instructs the Secretary to establish a wind and solar leasing pilot program on covered land. Instructs the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) make a joint determination on whether to establish a leasing program for wind or solar energy, or both, on land within their respective jurisdictions; and (2) establish a leasing program unless they determine that it is not in the public interest, and does not provide an effective means of developing wind or solar energy. Prescribes a revenue disposition format for such leasing program. Requires the Secretary to consult and work with the Secretary of Defense regarding military operations in OCS waters, including resolution of conflicts that might arise between such operations and leasing under this Act. Deems existing leases issued under the Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 2007-2012, including any lease issued pursuant to Lease Sale 193 or 213, to be in full compliance with the Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 2007-2012. Authorizes holders of certain previously approved permits to drill (or to sidetrack) to conduct all operations authorized under such permits: (1) without further review by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, and (2) without further review or delay under specified federal environmental protection law. Requires the Secretary to act on oil and natural gas drilling permits within 30 days after an application's submission. Title II: Continental Pipeline Approval - Approves a certain permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline. Deems approved a specified route within the state of Nebraska submitted by the governor of Nebraska if the President does not approve such route within 10 days after its date of submission. Title III: Radiological Material Repository - Requires the federal government to site and permit at least one radiological material geologic repository for the disposal of radiological material. Retains the repository site at Yucca Mountain as the site for the nation's radiological material repository following full statutory review of the Department of Energy's (DOE's) license application to construct the Yucca Mountain repository. Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to continue to review DOE's pending license application to construct the repository at Yucca Mountain until a determination is made on its merits. Instructs the NRC to approve such application within 180 days after enactment of this Act. Removes statutory limitations on the amount of radiological material that can be placed in Yucca Mountain. Requires the NRC to replace such limitations with new limits based on scientific and technical analysis of the full capacity of Yucca Mountain for the storage of radiological material. Title IV: Relief from Regulations and Prohibitions that Cause Artificial Price Increases - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to: (1) require a decision to include a species on the list of threatened and endangered species to be based on the best scientific and economic (currently, commercial) data available at the time, including analysis of the costs and benefits of the matter under consideration; and (2) declare that nothing in such Act shall be construed to authorize the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. Amends the Clean Air Act to exclude from the definition of "air pollutant" carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, or sulfur hexafluoride (greenhouse gases). Declares that nothing in the Clean Air Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act), the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, or the Solid Waste Disposal Act shall be treated as authorizing or requiring the regulation of climate change or global warming. Provides that such provisions shall not prohibit: (1) implementation and enforcement of the rule entitled "Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards" and finalization, implementation, enforcement, and revision of the proposed rule entitled "Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles"; (2) statutorily authorized federal research, development, and demonstration programs and voluntary programs addressing climate change; (3) implementation and enforcement of stratospheric ozone protection provisions of the Clean Air Act to the extent that such implementation or enforcement only involves class I or II substances; or (4) implementation and enforcement of requirements of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 for monitoring and reporting of carbon dioxide emissions. Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to repeal provisions prohibiting any federal agency from entering into a contract for procurement of an alternative or synthetic fuel for any mobility-related use, other than for research or testing, unless the contract specifies that the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production and combustion of the fuel must be less than or equal to such emissions from the equivalent conventional fuel. Amends the Clean Air Act to repeal the renewable fuel program. Title V: Refinery Reform - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enter into a refinery permitting agreement upon the request of a state or Indian tribe to streamline the process for obtaining all permits licenses, approvals, variances, or other forms of authorization that a refiner is required to obtain for the construction and operation of a facility that refines crude oil into transportation fuel or other petroleum products or a facility that processes coal into synthetic crude oil or any other fuel. Requires the Administrator to: (1) conduct a research and demonstration program to evaluate the air quality benefits of Fischer-Tropsch transportation fuel, (2) evaluate the use of such fuel as a mechanism for reducing engine exhaust emissions, and (3) recommend the most effective use and associated benefits of such fuels for reducing public exposure to exhaust emissions. Requires such program to consider: (1) the use of neat (100%) Fischer-Tropsch fuel and blends with conventional crude oil-derived fuel for heavy-duty and light-duty diesel engines and the aviation sector, and (2) the production costs associated with domestic production of fuel and prices for consumers. Prohibits applications for permits for existing refineries from being considered to be timely if submitted after 120 days after this Act's enactment. Title VI: Repeal of Energy Tax Subsidies - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal: (1) the credit for alcohol fuel, biodiesel, and alternative fuel mixtures; (2) the credit for certain plug-in electric vehicles; (3) the credit for qualified fuel cell motor vehicles; (4) the alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit; (5) the credit for alcohol used as fuel; (6) the credit for biodiesel and renewable diesel used as fuel; (7) the enhanced oil recovery credit; (8) the credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources; (9) the credit for producing oil and gas from marginal wells; (10) the credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities; (11) the credit for carbon dioxide sequestration; (12) the energy credit; (13) the qualifying advanced coal project; and (14) the qualifying gasification project credit. Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009, Division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to repeal the energy grant program under which the Secretary of the Treasury is required to make grants to persons who place in service in 2009 and 2010 certain energy property that is eligible for: (1) the tax credit for producing electricity from renewable resources (e.g., wind, biomass, or solar energy facilities), or (2) the energy tax credit (e.g., fuel cell, geothermal, or microturbine property). Title VII: Regulatory Relief - Provides that the following rules shall have no force or effect and shall be treated as though they had never taken effect: (1) the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters; (2) the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers; (3) the Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units; and (4) Identification of Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials That are Solid Waste. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in place of such rules, to promulgate within 15 months regulations for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and process heaters and commercial and industrial solid waste incinerator units subject to such rules, that: (1) establish maximum achievable control technology standards, performance standards, and other requirements for hazardous air pollutants or solid waste combustion under the Clean Air Act; and (2) identify non-hazardous secondary materials that, when used as fuels or ingredients in combustion units of such boilers, heaters, or incinerator units, are solid waste under the Solid Waste Disposal Act for purposes of determining the extent to which such combustion units are required to meet emission standards for such pollutants under such Act. Requires the Administrator to establish compliance dates for such standards and requirements after considering compliance costs, non-air quality health and environmental impacts and energy requirements, the feasibility of implementation, the availability of equipment, suppliers, and labor, and potential net employment impacts. Sets forth guidelines for such rules and regulations, including requiring the Administrator to: (1) ensure that emissions standards for existing and new sources can be met under actual operating conditions consistently and concurrently with emission standards for all other air pollutants regulated by the rule for the source category, and (2) impose the least burdensome regulatory alternative for each regulation promulgated. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer to elect to expense the cost of property used in the production of energy in the taxable year in which such property is placed in service. Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize states to implement coal combustion residuals permit programs. Requires each state governor to notify the Administrator within six months about whether such state will implement such a program. Requires states that decide to implement such a program to: (1) submit to the Administrator within 36 months a certification that such program meets the specifications of this Act, and (2) maintain either an approved municipal solid waste program for the control of hazardous disposal or an authorized state hazardous waste program. Establishes minimum requirements for coal combustion residuals permit programs. Requires: (1) the revised criteria established by this Act to apply to such programs; (2) landfills, surface impoundments, or other land-based units that may receive coal combustion residuals (structures) to be designed, constructed, and maintained to provide for containment of the maximum volumes of coal combustion residuals appropriate for the structure; (3) such programs to apply such revised criteria to surface impoundments; and (4) new structures that first receive coal combustion residuals after this Act's enactment to be constructed with a base located a minimum of two feet above the upper limit of the natural water table. Authorizes: (1) state agency heads to require action to correct structural integrity deficiencies according to a schedule for structures that are classified as posing a high hazard potential pursuant to the guidelines published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) entitled "Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety: Hazard Potential Classification System for Dams," (2) state agency heads to require that such a structure close if such deficiency is not corrected according to such schedule, (3) states to inspect structures and implement and enforce such permit program, and (4) states to address wind dispersal of dust from coal combustion residuals by requiring dust control measures. Sets forth revised criteria for such programs with respect to: (1) design, groundwater monitoring, corrective action, and closure and post-closure for structures; (2) location restrictions for new structures in floodplains, wetlands, fault areas, seismic impact zones, and unstable areas; (3) air quality, financial assurance, surface water, and record keeping; (4) run-on and run-off control systems for landfills and other land-based units, other than surface impoundments that receive coal combustion residuals; and (5) run-off control systems for surface impoundments. Authorizes states to determine that such criteria is not needed for the management of their coal combustion residuals permit program. Authorizes the Administrator to treat such state determination as a deficiency if it does not accurately reflect the needs for the management of coal combustion residuals in the state. Requires the time period and method for a structure's closure to be set forth in a schedule in a closure plan that takes into account the site-specific characteristics of such structure. Directs the closure plan for a surface impoundment to require the removal of liquid and the stabilization of remaining waste as necessary to support the final cover. Prohibits the Administrator from applying such programs to the utilization, placement, and storage of coal combustion residuals at surface mining and reclamation operations. Prohibits this Act from being construed to alter the EPA's regulatory determination, entitled "Notice of Regulatory Determination on Wastes from the Combustion of Fossil Fuels," that the fossil fuel combustion wastes addressed in that determination do not warrant regulation under such Act. Title VIII: Attainment of National Ambient Air Quality Standards - Amends the Clean Air Act to require any designation or redesignation of an area within a state or an interstate area as a nonattainment area for the national primary or secondary ambient air quality standard for a pollutant to be based on monitoring data and not on modeling data. Requires the Administrator to set forth the air quality modeling methodologies required to be used in state implementation plans for purposes of predicting the effect on ambient air quality of emissions of air pollutants for which the Administrator has established national ambient air quality standards. Authorizes a downwind area that is not in attainment with the national ambient air quality standard for ozone within 18 months of the attainment deadline to petition the Administrator for an extension of the time to come into attainment. Authorizes the Administrator, in lieu of reclassifying an area as nonattainment for ozone, to extend such date if the Administrator: (1) determines that the area is a downwind area with respect to such standard, (2) approves a plan revision for such area prior to a reclassification, (3) determines that the petitioning downwind area has demonstrated that it is affected by transport from an upwind area to a degree that affects the area's ability to attain such standard, and (4) provides measures to ensure that no area downwind of the area receiving the extended attainment date will be affected by transport to a degree that affects the other area's ability to attain such standard. Provides for the withdrawal of a reclassification determination. Requires such extended attainment date to provide for attainment of such ozone standard in the downwind area as expeditiously as practicable but no later than the new date that the area would have been subject to had it been reclassified. Title IX: Sub-basin Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Requires the Administrator, in requiring any owner or operator of any facility in the petroleum and natural gas system source category to report greenhouse gas emissions from facilities in such category, to allow such owner or operator to: (1) designate sub-basins consisting of similar fields within a larger basin, and (2) report such emissions from such sub-basins instead of reporting such emissions from the larger basin. Title X: Implementation of National Ocean Policy - Prohibits federal departments and agencies from performing activities to implement Executive Order 13547, entitled "Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes." Title XI: Other Provisions - Requires: (1) the administrative record compiled by an agency regarding an application for a permit, authorization, or other agency action involving a Priority Energy Project to be the sole and exclusive record for any appeal or review of such action, and (2) such record to be closed upon final agency action and prohibits such record from being subject to any further evidentiary proceedings or requirements unless requested by the applicant. Requires an agency to: (1) prepare and submit a Statement of Energy Effects to the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), for each proposed significant energy action; and (2) publish such Statement, or a summary of it, in each related notice of proposed rulemaking and in any resulting final rule. Requires the approval to construct or operate a Priority Energy Project pursuant to any federal permit to remain valid and authorized for the later of: (1) 18 months following the date on which the last permit needed by such Project to commence construction or operation is final and no longer subject to judicial review, (2) three years, or (3) five years in the case of a nationwide permit issued by the Army Corps of Engineers for activities that impact the aquatic environment. Amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to reduce the cap on the maximumpenalty for violations of such Act from $15,000 to $1,000.
Germany · German Bundestag · 23 March 2012
Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Wird sich die Bundesregierung gegenüber der tschechischen Regierung dafür einsetzen, dass in Deutschland nicht lediglich eine unverbindliche Informationsveranstaltung, sondern ein formeller Erörterungstermin im Rahmen des laufenden UVP-Verfahrens (UVP: Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung) zum Neubau von zwei weiteren Kernkraftwerken in Temelin (Blöcke 3 und 4) durchgeführt wird?
Austria · National Council · 22 March 2012
Sammelbericht des Ausschusses für Petitionen und Bürgerinitiativen über die Petitionen Nr. 63, 66, 67, 69, 73, 98, 104, 112 und 113, 117, 121, 124, 126 und 127, 130 bis 134, 136, 144, 146 und 151 sowie über die Bürgerinitiativen Nr. 32 und 33
Germany · Bundesrat · 21 March 2012
Unterstützung des Beschlusses des Bundestages zur Laufzeit von Kernkraftwerken, Forderung nach Schaffung der gesetzlichen Grundlagen zur Stilllegung aller Anlagen des Kernbrennstoffkreislaufs
Austria · National Council · 12 March 2012
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundeskanzler betreffend Umsetzung des Anti-Atom Aktionsplans der Bundesregierung
Austria · National Council · 12 March 2012
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Umsetzung des Anti-Atom Aktionsplans der Bundesregierung
Austria · National Council · 12 March 2012
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für europäische und internationale Angelegenheiten betreffend Umsetzung des Anti-Atom Aktionsplans der Bundesregierung
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 2012
Nuclear Waste Fund Relief and Rebate Act - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to direct the President to publish in the Federal Register a notice certifying that the Yucca Mountain site (Nevada) is the selected site for the development of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. Declares that, if the President fails to publish the certification or revokes it, each entity: (1) that is required to make a payment to the Nuclear Waste Fund shall not be required to make any additional payment; and (2) that has made a payment shall receive a refund, 75% of which shall be used for rebates to the entity's ratepayers, and 25% shall be used to carry out upgrades to the entity's nuclear power facilities to enhance the storage and security of materials used to generate nuclear power. Requires the Secretary of Energy to initiate by January 1, 2017, the transportation to the Yucca Mountain site of defense waste from each state in which it is located. Imposes penalties on the Secretary for failure to initiate such transportation.
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 6 March 2012
Stresstestrapporten nucleaire installaties Onderzoekslocatie Petten en Hoger Onderwijs Reactor te Delft
Germany · German Bundestag · 5 March 2012
Germany · German Bundestag · 2 March 2012
Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Welche Konsequenzen zieht die Bundesregierung aus der jüngsten gemeinsamen Analyse der US-amerikanischen Geheimdienste zum iranischen Nuklearprogramm, und welche Auswirkungen haben die Erkenntnisse auf den Fortgang des E3-plus-3-Prozesses?<br /> <br /> Welche außenpolitischen Schlüsse zieht die Bundesregierung aus dem Bericht des Generaldirektors der Internationalen Atomenergie-Organisation (IAEO) vom 24. Februar 2012 und der gemeinsamen Analyse der US-Geheimdienste zum iranischen Nuklearprogramm?
Austria · National Council · 29 February 2012
Antrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Rainer Widmann, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Klage aufgrund eines Wettbewerbsverstoßes durch Milliardensubventionen der Atomindustrie <i>(unzureichende Haftungen für die Atomkraftwerke)</i>
Austria · National Council · 29 February 2012
Antrag der Abgeordneten Ing. Norbert Hofer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Maßnahmen gegen ein Atommüllrestlager in Jaslovske Bohunice
Austria · National Council · 23 February 2012
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Werner Neubauer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Stresstest-Ergebnisse grenznaher Atomkraftwerke
Austria · National Council · 23 February 2012
Antrag der Abgeordneten Werner Neubauer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Analyse von AKW <i>(Atomkraftwerk)</i> -Stresstests durch österreichische Experten
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2012
83 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Taiwan’s plans to finish nuclear power plant four despite serious concerns over storage of radioactive waste being stored at existing power plants, an extensive list of defects on the unfinished NPPF project and two senior executives resigning form the project in late 2011 on that basis. [9613/12]
Austria · Federal Council · 17 February 2012
Anfrage der Bundesräte Elisabeth Kerschbaum, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für europäische und internationale Angelegenheiten betreffend Nuklearinformationsabkommen
Austria · National Council · 13 February 2012
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Ruperta Lichtenecker, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundeskanzler betreffend Unterversicherung von europäischen Atomkraftwerken und deren Auswirkungen auf Österreich
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 7 February 2012
Briefwisseling verdrag Internationaal Agentschap voor Atoomenergie (IAEA) inzake de regionale trainingscursus betreffende "Physical Protection Against Sabotage: Assessing Vulnerabilities and Identifying Vital Areas", 17-21 oktober 2011 te Den Haag
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 7 February 2012
Briefwisseling verdrag Internationaal Agentschap voor Atoomenergie (IAEA) inzake de gezamenlijke IAEA/EC-JRC regionale workshop over "Precursor, Transient and Root Cause Analyses", 22 - 26 augustus 2011 te Petten
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 2012
Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal: (1) the excise tax credits for alcohol fuel, biodiesel, and alternative fuel mixtures; (2) the tax credits for the purchase of certain plug-in electric vehicles and alternative motor vehicles; (3) the alternative fuel vehicle refueling property tax credit; (4) the tax credits for alcohol used as fuel and for biodiesel and renewable diesel used as fuel; (5) the enhanced oil recovery tax credit and the tax credit for producing oil and gas from marginal wells; (6) the tax credit for carbon dioxide sequestration; (7) the energy tax credit; and (8) the tax credits for investment in qualifying advanced coal projects and qualifying gasification projects. Terminates after 2012 the tax credits for the production of electricity from certain renewable resources and from advanced nuclear power facilities. Repeals the grant program under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for payments to invest in alternative and renewable energy property in lieu of tax credits. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to reduce the corporate income tax rates by prescribing proportionate modifications to such rates based upon revenue savings resulting from the repeal of energy tax expenditures by this Act.
European Union · European Commission · 2 February 2012
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 30 January 2012
Vergunningprocedure nieuwe kerncentrale Borssele
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 25 January 2012
Nederlandse versie van het Nationaal Rapport over de post-Fukushima stresstest van de kerncentrale Borssele
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 20 January 2012
Nieuwe onderzoeksreactoren in Petten en Delft
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 20 January 2012
Kabinetsreactie ontwikkelingen vergunningaanvraag kerncentrale
Austria · National Council · 18 January 2012
Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Information der Petenten der Petitionen "Zum weltweiten Atomausstieg - Abschalten! Jetzt!" (Bericht des Umweltausschusses: 1639 d.B.) über geplante politische Maßnahmen zu einem europaweiten Atomausstieg durch die Bundesregierung
Austria · National Council · 18 January 2012
Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Rainer Widmann, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Maßnahmen zur Lösung offener Sicherheitsfragen des Atomkraftwerks Temelin
Austria · National Council · 13 January 2012
Bericht des Umweltausschusses über die Petition (100/PET) betreffend "Petition der Gemeinde Behamberg betreffend NEIN zu einem Atommüllendlager in Grenznähe zu Österreich", überreicht vom Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, <br><br>über die Petition (102/PET) betreffend "Petition der Marktgemeinde Strengberg betreffend 'Atommüllendlager in Grenznähe zu Österreich'", überreicht vom Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Pirklhuber
Austria · National Council · 13 January 2012
Bericht des Umweltausschusses über die Petition Nr. 93/PET "Petition der Marktgemeinde Scheiblingkirchen-Thernberg für 'Raus aus Euratom'", überreicht von der Abgeordneten Mag. Christiane Brunner
Austria · National Council · 13 January 2012
Bericht des Umweltausschusses über den Antrag 1687/A(E) der Abgeordneten Werner Neubauer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend europaweit einheitliche Haftungsregeln für Atomkraftwerke
Austria · National Council · 13 January 2012
Bericht des Umweltausschusses über die Petitionen Nr.: <br><br>82/PET "Zum Weltweiten Atomausstieg - Abschalten! Jetzt!", überreicht von den Abgeordneten Dr. Josef Cap, Karlheinz Kopf, Heinz-Christian Strache, Dr. Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek, <br><br>77/PET "Zum weltweiten Atomausstieg", überreicht von den Abgeordneten Mag. Christiane Brunner und Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, <br><br>85/PET "Petition der Stadtgemeinde Gmunden zum europa- und weltweiten Atomausstieg", überreicht vom Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, <br><br>86/PET "Petition der Marktgemeinde Vorchdorf zum weltweiten Atomausstieg", überreicht vom Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, <br><br>87/PET "Petition der Marktgemeinde Eichgraben zum weltweiten Atomausstieg", überreicht vom Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, <br><br>88/PET "Petition der Marktgemeinde Vöcklamarkt zum weltweiten Atomausstieg", überreicht vom Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, <br><br>89/PET "Petition der Stadtgemeinde St. Johann zum weltweiten Atomausstieg", überreicht von der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, <br><br>90/PET "Petition der Stadtgemeinde Seekirchen zum weltweiten Atomausstieg", überreicht von der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, <br><br>91/PET "Petition der Marktgemeinde Waldegg zum weltweiten Atomausstieg", überreicht von der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, <br><br>92/PET "Petition der Gemeinde Hennersdorf zum europa- und weltweiten Atomausstieg", überreicht von der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, <br><br>94/PET "Petition der Marktgemeinde Hinterbrühl zum weltweiten Atomausstieg", überreicht von der Abgeordneten Mag. Christiane Brunner, <br><br>95/PET "Petition der Stadtgemeinde Langenlois zum weltweiten Atomausstieg", überreicht von der Abgeordneten Mag. Christiane Brunner, <br><br>99/PET "Petition der Stadtgemeinde Ried im Innkreis zum weltweiten Atomausstieg", überreicht vom Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, <br><br>101/PET "Petition der Marktgemeinde Altenberg bei Linz zum Thema 'Petition zum weltweiten Atomausstieg'", überreicht vom Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, <br><br>105/PET "Petition der Gemeinde Weiden an der March betreffend 'Resolution zum weltweiten Atomausstieg'", überreicht vom Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, <br><br>106/PET "Petition der Stadtgemeinde Neumarkt am Wallersee betreffend 'Resolution zum weltweiten Atomausstieg'", überreicht vom Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, <br><br>107/PET "Petition der Stadtgemeinde Ebreichsdorf betreffend 'Resolution zum weltweiten Atomausstieg'", überreicht vom Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, <br><br>108/PET "Petition der Stadtgemeinde Mödling betreffend 'Resolution zum weltweiten Atomausstieg'", überreicht vom Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, <br><br>109/PET "Petition der Stadtgemeinde Deutsch-Wagram zum weltweiten Atomausstieg", überreicht vom Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, <br><br>110/PET "Petition der Marktgemeinde Karlstein an der Thaya zum weltweiten Atomausstieg", überreicht vom Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, <br><br>111/PET "Petition der Marktgemeinde Gaweinstal zum weltweiten Atomausstieg", überreicht vom Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, <br><br>114/PET "Petition der Stadtgemeinde Heidenreichstein zum weltweiten Atomausstieg", überreicht vom Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, <br><br>115/PET "Petition der Gemeinde Hundsheim zum weltweiten Atomausstieg", überreicht vom Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, <br><br>116/PET "Petition der Gemeinde Grünau im Almtal zum weltweiten Atomausstieg", überreicht von der Abgeordneten Dr. Susanne Winter, <br><br>118/PET "Petition der Marktgemeinde Euratsfeld zum weltweiten Atomausstieg", überreicht vom Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, <br><br>119/PET "Petition der Gemeinde Grünau zum weltweiten Atomausstieg", überreicht vom Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Pirklhuber und <br><br>123/PET "Petition zum weltweiten Atomausstieg - Resolution der Gemeinde Winden am See", überreicht vom Abgeordneten Erwin Preiner
Austria · National Council · 13 January 2012
Bericht des Umweltausschusses über den Antrag 1735/A(E) der Abgeordneten Martina Schenk, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend österreichische Experten für AKW-Stresstests