NUCLEAR ENERGY related term(s) Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Nuclear Weapons; Power Resources

Addresses

New Nuclear Paradigm: Senator Domenici, S7437 [5JN]

Amendments

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), S10736 [31JY], H3053 [9AP], H3105, H3192, H3235, H3243, H3246, H3251, H3256, H3258, H3260, H3263, H3266, H3267, H3271, H3273, H3274, H3277, H3278 [10AP], H3309, H3313, H3316, H3319, H3321, H3323 [11AP]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 443), H11387 [18NO]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (S. 14), S6004 [9MY], S6047, S6143 [13MY], S7180, S7181, S7195, S7196 [2JN], S7200, S7204, S7259, S7260 [3JN], S7366, S7369, S7372, S7407, S7413, S7414 [4JN], S7421, S7424, S7448, S7498, S7499, S7500, S7503 [5JN], S7516, S7526, S7557 [9JN], S7567, S7576, S7594, S7644, S7645, S7647 [10JN], S7658, S7670, S7682, S7702, S7732, S7737 [11JN], S7847, S7850, S7853 [12JN], S8368 [23JN], S9156 [9JY], S9807, S9808 [23JY], S9893, S9919, S9920, S9922 [24JY], S9941, S9942, S9943, S9978, S9979, S9980 [25JY], S10008, S10072, S10073, S10074, S10075 [28JY], S10116, S10125, S10154, S10155, S10163, S10164, S10165 [29JY], S10173, S10203, S10251, S10252, S10297, S10298, S10299, S10333, S10334, S10339, S10340, S10341, S10437 [30JY], S10693, S10694, S10695, S10696, S10698, S10700, S10703, S10704, S10705, S10706, S10707, S10708, S10711, S10712, S10713, S10714, S10715, S10717, S10718, S10719, S10720, S10721, S10723, S10725, S10726, S10727, S10728, S10729, S10730, S10731, S10732, S10733, S10734, S10735 [31JY]

Analyses

Energy Policy Act (S. 14): Feinstein Amendment on Regulatory Oversight Over Energy Trading Markets, S7662 [11JN]

Protocol Additional to the Agreement Between the U.S. and International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in the U.S. (S. 1987), S16125 [9DE]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act, S11109 [4SE], H7954 [5SE]

Articles and editorials

Faltering Energy Bill, E2146 [28OC]

``Guns to Plowshares'' and Nuclear Non-Proliferation—The U.S.-Russian Partnership, E2556 [15DE]

Nukes—To Pyongyang From Nashville?, S15157 [19NO]

Power Trader Tied to Bush Finds Washington All Ears, S10130 [29JY]

Small Firms Are Turning to Financial Futures for Fuel, S13976 [5NO]

Bills and resolutions

Courts: extend indemnification authority for damages from nuclear incidents (see H.R. 330), H138 [8JA]

———renew Dept. of Energy and NRC indemnity authority for damages from nuclear incidents (see S. 156), S288 [14JA]

Dept. of Energy: decrease threat from theft or diversion of highly enriched uranium (see H.R. 795), H700 [13FE]

———external regulation of nuclear safety and occupational safety and health at facilities (see H.R. 1961), H3682 [6MY]

———improve funding mechanism for the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program (see H.R. 3429), H10339 [4NO]

———prohibit from disposing of low-level radioactive waste in certain landfills (see H.R. 2508), H5551 [18JN]

———transfer of, and full responsibility for possession, transportation, and disposal of, radioactive waste associated with the West Valley Demonstration project (see S. 619), S3730 [13MR]

———transfer title and full responsibility for possession, transportation, and disposal of radioactive waste associated with the West Valley Demonstration Project (see H.R. 576), H319 [5FE]

Dept. of the Interior: study preservation and interpretation of historic sites of the Manhattan Project for potential inclusion in the National Park System (see S. 1687), S12193 [30SE] (see H.R. 3207), H9032 [30SE]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: include certain additional former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort compensation program (see H.R. 3689), H12919 [8DE]

Federal employees: eliminate inequities in retirement benefits for law enforcement officers, firefighters, air traffic controllers, nuclear materials couriers, Supreme Court members, and Capitol police (see H.R. 3267), H9375 [8OC]

Hazardous substances: strengthen capabilities to safely and securely dispose of certain low-level radioactive waste (see S. 1045), S6070 [13MY]

Industry: anniversary (see H. Res. 442), H11359 [17NO]

Iran: condemn construction of a facility to enrich uranium with potential for developing a program for the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and for its support of global terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 217), H5366 [12JN]

National security: improve security at U.S. nuclear facilities (see S. 131), S133 [9JA] (see S. 350), S2187 [11FE] (see S. 1043), S6029 [12MY] (see H.R. 2708), H6603 [10JY] (see H.R. 2761), H7019 [16JY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (see S. 14), S5541 [30AP] (see S. 1005), S5771 [6MY] (see H.R. 6), H2863 [7AP] (see H.R. 1436), H2311 [25MR] (see H.R. 1644), H2863 [7AP]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), consideration (see H. Res. 189), H3050 [9AP]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 443), H11358 [17NO]

———provide regulatory oversight over energy trading markets (see S. 509), S3086 [4MR]

Protocol Additional to the Agreement Between the U.S. and International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in the U.S.: implement U.S. obligations (see S. 1987), S16119 [9DE]

Radioactive substances: provide for the disposition of U.S. uranium inventories (see H.R. 763), H699 [13FE]

Safety: prohibit operation of nuclear power plants unless there exists a State and county certified radiological emergency response plan (see H.R. 2951), H7783 [25JY]

Tariff: steam generators and certain reactor vessel heads for use in nuclear reactors (see H.R. 2634), H6262 [26JN]

Task Force on Sealed Source Protection: establish to evaluate and make recommendations on security of sealed sources of radioactive materials (see H.R. 891), H1332 [25FE]

Weapons: require certain studies on the health effects of exposure to depleted uranium munitions and require cleanup and mitigation of contamination at sites of depleted uranium munition use and production (see H.R. 1483), H2471 [27MR]

Cloture motions

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, S15334 [21NO]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (S. 14), S10252 [30JY]

Conference reports

Energy Policy Act (H.R. 6), H11207-H11356 [17NO]

Cost Estimates

Energy Policy Act (H.R. 6): Taxpayers for Common Sense (organization), S15217 [20NO]

Factsheets

Derivatives and Their Impact on the Mining Industry, S7662 [11JN]

Why Californians Should Oppose the Energy Bill: Committee on Government Reform (House) Minority Staff, H11413 [18NO]

Letters

California Wholesale Power Market Strategies: Christian Yoder and Stephen Hall, Stoel Rives LLP, S10481-S10483 [31JY]

Create more efficient electric grid, increase investment in utility infrastructure, and enhance consumer protections: Christine A. Bruenn, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., S10187 [30JY]

Energy Market Oversight Act: Alan H. Richardson, American Public Power Association, S3097 [4MR]

———Bill Carnahan, Southern California Public Power Authority, S3098 [4MR]

———Bob Cave, American Public Gas Association, S3097 [4MR]

———Dan Richard, PG&E Corp., S3097 [4MR]

———Glenn English, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, S3098 [4MR]

———John E. Bryson, Edison International, S3097 [4MR]

———Joseph E. Ronan, Jr., Calpine Corp., S3097 [4MR]

———Pat Wood III, FERC, S3097 [4MR]

———Roy Thilly, Transmission Access Policy Study Group, S3099 [4MR]

———several consumer organizations, S3099 [4MR]

———Vincent Viola and J. Robert Collins, New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., S3098 [4MR]

Energy Policy Act: Ann Zack, S10480 [31JY]

———Eliot Spitzer, New York Attorney General, S10473 [31JY]

———John G. Rowland, Governor of Connecticut, S15314 [20NO]

———Michehl R. Gent, North American Electric Reliability Council, H3240 [10AP]

———Representative Boehlert, Committee on Science (House), H3092 [10AP]

———Representative Tauzin, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H3092 [10AP]

———Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Attorney General, S15314 [20NO]

———several hunting, fishing, and wildlife organizations, H11412 [18NO]

Loan guarantees for commercial nuclear powerplant construction: Betsy Loyless, League of Conservation Voters, S7580 [10JN]

———several organizations, S7580 [10JN]

Protocol Additional to the Agreement Between the U.S. and International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in the U.S.: Paul V. Kelly, Dept. of State, S16124 [9DE]

Regulatory oversight over energy trading markets: Alan Greenspan, FRS, S13974 [5NO]

———Bob Cave, American Public Gas Association, S13977 [5NO]

———Charles A. Acquard, National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, S13979 [5NO]

———Eliot Spitzer, New York Attorney General, S13978 [5NO]

———Jack Gerard, National Mining Association, S7661 [11JN]

———Jennifer Granholm, Governor of Michigan, S13979 [5NO]

———President's Working Group on Financial Markets, S7676, S7680 [11JN]

———Ralph A. Lambiase, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., S13978 [5NO]

———Randall Dodd, Financial Policy Forum Derivatives Study Center, S13979 [5NO]

———several business leaders, S13978 [5NO]

———several financial organizations, S7662 [11JN]

———several Government officials, S13969 [5NO]

———several Senators, S13969 [5NO]

Lists

Democratic amendments requested to be made in order under H. Res. 189, consideration of H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act, H3084-H3086 [10AP]

Motions

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H3329 [11AP], H7922 [4SE], H8997 [30SE], H9168 [2OC], H9252 [7OC], H9336 [8OC], H9707 [20OC], H9777 [21OC], H9967 [28OC], H10083, H10090 [29OC], H10428 [5NO], H10521 [6NO]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, S15179 [19NO]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (S. 14), S7682 [11JN], S9942, S9943 [25JY], S10215, S10216, S10251, S10439 [30JY]

Remarks in House

Buchanan, NY: safety of Indian Point nuclear power plant, H10401 [5NO]

Davis Besse Nuclear Power Station: revoke license, H7141 [18JY]

Dept. of Energy: disposal of low-level radioactive waste in landfills that do not meet all requirements and standards under Federal law, H7143 [18JY]

———feasibility study to develop commercial nuclear energy production facilities at existing sites, H3271-H3273 [10AP]

———increase renewable energy programs funding through reductions in Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H7132-H7136 [18JY]

———transfer title and full responsibility for possession, transportation, and disposal of radioactive waste associated with the West Valley Demonstration Project, H3267, H3268 [10AP]

Federal employees: eliminate inequities in retirement benefits for law enforcement officers, firefighters, air traffic controllers, nuclear materials couriers, Supreme Court members, and Capitol police (H.R. 3267), E2022 [8OC]

GAO: court decision on authority to compel executive departments to provide documents or information, H432-H434 [12FE], E259 [13FE], E302 [27FE]

Hazardous substances: early acceptance or interim storage of high level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site, H7131 [18JY]

———Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H7124, H7125 [18JY], H11400 [18NO]

Iran: condemn construction of a facility to enrich uranium with potential for developing a program for the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and for its support of global terrorism (H. Con. Res. 217), E1251 [13JN]

Korea, Democratic Peoples's Republic of: export or transfer of nuclear materials or byproduct material, H7143 [18JY]

Mining and mineral resources: cooperative research and development and special demonstration projects for the uranium mining industry funding, H3263-H3266 [10AP]

National Nuclear Security Administration: funding, H7122 [18JY]

National security: improve security at U.S. nuclear facilities, H2674, H2675 [2AP], H9778-H9780 [21OC], E2129 [24OC]

NRC: improve safety of transporting nuclear materials, H9778-H9780 [21OC]

———require consultation with the Dept. of Homeland Security on the location and design of new nuclear facilities, H9778-H9780 [21OC]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 1436), E562 [25MR]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 1644), E704 [8AP]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2845 [7AP], H2922-H2927 [8AP], H3032-H3042 [9AP], H3087-H3194, H3231-H3279 [10AP], H3309-H3332 [11AP], H3744 [7MY], H7792 [3SE], H8224 [16SE], H9987, H10114 [29OC], H10461 [6NO], E776 [12AP], E793 [29AP], E830 [1MY], E974 [15MY], E2146 [28OC]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, H11362, H11363-H11365, H11370, H11405-H11432 [18NO], H11630 [19NO], H11860 [20NO], H12106 [21NO], E2317, E2338, E2339 [19NO], E2342, E2348, E2349, E2353, E2357, E2358, E2359 [20NO], E2383 [21NO], E2418 [22NO], E2429, E2442, E2444, E2446, E2447 [23NO], E2458 [25NO], E2473 [8DE]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 189), H3078-H3087 [10AP]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 443), H11379-H11388 [18NO]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), motion to instruct conferees, H7922-H7930 [4SE], H9168-H9171 [2OC], H9336-H9346 [8OC], H9777-H9780 [21OC], H10091-H10106 [29OC], H10521-H10528 [6NO], E2012 [8OC], E2043 [15OC], E2129 [24OC], E2191 [31OC], E2218 [4NO]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), motion to recommit, H3329 [11AP]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), permission to file conference report, H11190 [17NO]

———national energy policy, H2566-H2569 [1AP], H2826 [7AP], H6459-H6461 [9JY]

———provide regulatory oversight over energy trading markets, H3078 [10AP]

Radioactive substances: spent nuclear fuel storage sites, H7120, H7121 [18JY]

Russia: partnership with U.S. relative to conversion of military-industrial nuclear capacity to civilian uses, E2556 [15DE]

———U.S. policy, H2942 [9AP]

Remarks in Senate

Carlsbad, NM: modify permit for Waste Isolation Pilot Plant's Waste Analysis Plan, S11546, S11547 [16SE]

Courts: renew Dept. of Energy and NRC indemnity authority for damages from nuclear incidents, S1414, S1445 [23JA]

———renew Dept. of Energy and NRC indemnity authority for damages from nuclear incidents (S. 156), S294 [14JA]

Dept. of Energy: prohibit use of funds for certain nuclear development test sites and programs, S11434-S11441 [15SE], S11521-S11530, S11532 [16SE]

Dept. of the Interior: study preservation and interpretation of historic sites of the Manhattan Project for potential inclusion in the National Park System (S. 1687), S12198, S12199 [30SE]

Hazardous substances: strengthen capabilities to safely and securely dispose of certain low-level radioactive waste (S. 1045), S6081 [13MY]

Joint Convention on Safety of Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste Management: ratification, S4730 [2AP]

National security: improve security at U.S. nuclear facilities (S. 131), S160 [9JA]

Nuclear weapons: improve security of nuclear weapons, materials, and facilities and increase nuclear nonproliferation funding, S4664-S4666 [2AP]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), S5753 [6MY], S10569-S10574 [31JY], S10875, S10897 [1AU], S10987 [2SE], S11077 [4SE], S11408 [11SE], S12861 [20OC], S12909, S12911 [21OC], S12988, S13011, S13047 [22OC], S14244-S14246 [7NO], S14313 [10NO]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, S14925 [17NO], S15052 [18NO], S15106-S15123, S15140-S15147, S15149-S15167, S15170, S15175-S15179 [19NO], S15212-S15236, S15239-S15252, S15255-S15272, S15311-S15316 [20NO], S15326-S15354, S15358-S15360 [21NO], S15902-S15904, S15920-S15922, S15966-S15968 [25NO]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), unanimous-consent agreement, S10529 [31JY]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (S. 14), S5616 [30AP], S5619 [1MY], S5696 [5MY], S5747-S5753, S5759-S5765 [6MY], S5798-S5801, S5830 [7MY], S5888-S5899 [8MY], S5983, S5985-S5991 [9MY], S6043-S6050, S6061 [13MY], S7176-S7182 [2JN], S7200-S7221, S7223 [3JN], S7365-S7373 [4JN], S7421-S7449, S7459-S7462 [5JN], S7512-S7527 [9JN], S7565-S7599 [10JN], S7654-S7662, S7668-S7676, S7679-S7689, S7702-S7708 [11JN], S7741-S7757 [12JN], S7902 [13JN], S9291-S9295 [11JY], S9575 [17JY], S9666, S9667 [22JY], S9828, S9888-S9895 [24JY], S9926, S9929, S9934 [25JY], S9993-S10012, S10027-S10032 [28JY], S10079-S10090, S10104-S10133 [29JY], S10173-S10188, S10203-S10218, S10221-S10226, S10251 [30JY], S10469-S10485, S10507-S10509, S10511, S10517, S10533-S10569 [31JY], S13375 [28OC]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (S. 14), unanimous-consent agreement, S5683 [1MY], S7211 [3JN], S7438 [5JN], S7751 [12JN], S10086 [29JY], S10213 [30JY]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (S. 14), unanimous-consent request, S7750 [12JN], S10203 [30JY]

———exclude metal derivatives from certain regulatory oversight over energy trading markets by the CFTC, S7594, S7599 [10JN], S7675 [11JN]

———national energy policy, S214 [13JA], S2035 [6FE], S2514-S2516 [14FE], S2730-S2732 [26FE], S5109 [10AP], S12131 [29SE], S12151 [30SE]

———prohibit manipulation of electricity markets, S13998-S14001 [5NO], S15154 [19NO]

———provide regulatory oversight over energy trading markets, S7590-S7599 [10JN], S7656-S7662, S7668-S7676, S7679-S7682 [11JN], S10004, S10005 [28JY], S13961-S13980 [5NO], S15346 [21NO]

———provide regulatory oversight over energy trading markets (S. 509), S2567-S2569 [24FE], S3094-S3100 [4MR], S3159 [5MR]

Protocol Additional to the Agreement Between the U.S. and International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in the U.S.: implement U.S. obligations (S. 1987), S16124 [9DE]

Public utilities: loan guarantees for commercial nuclear powerplant construction, S7430, S7431, S7434-S7442 [5JN], S7515 [9JN], S7576-S7590 [10JN]

Reports

Grassley Amendment to S. 14, Energy Policy Act, on Energy Tax Incentives: Committee on Finance (Senate), S10538-S10567 [31JY]

Investigations of Misconduct in Energy-Related Markets: CFTC, S7659-S7661 [11JN]

Securing the Future for the Dept. of Energy's Office of Science—The Case for Budget Increases: American Physical Society, H3094 [10AP]

Time for a New Start for U.S. Nuclear Energy? Peter Rigby, Standard & Poor's (business), S7578-S7580 [10JN]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 443) (H. Rept. 108-376), H11358 [17NO]

Consideration of H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 189) (H. Rept. 108-69), H3050 [9AP]

Energy Policy Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 6) (H. Rept. 108-375), H11358 [17NO]

———Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1644) (H. Rept. 108-65), H2937 [8AP], H3050 [9AP]

———Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1005) (S. Rept. 108-43), S5771 [6MY]

Joint Convention on Safety of Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste Management: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 108-5), S4628 [1AP]

Nuclear Infrastructure Security Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1043) (S. Rept. 108-190), S14176 [6NO]

Renew Dept. of Energy and NRC Indemnity Authority for Damages From Nuclear Incidents: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 156) (S. Rept. 108-218), S16119 [9DE]

Resolutions of ratification

Joint Convention on Safety of Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste Management, S4628 [1AP], S4730 [2AP]

Tables

Grassley amendment to S. 14, Energy Policy Act, on energy tax incentives, S10535-S10537 [31JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 189, consideration of H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act, H3078 [10AP]

H. Res. 443, consideration of conference report on H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act, H11379 [18NO]

H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act, H3108-H3192 [10AP]

S. 14, Energy Policy Act, S5543-S5595 [30AP]

S. 156, renew Dept. of Energy and NRC indemnity authority for damages from nuclear incidents, S295 [14JA]

S. 1045, Low-Level Radioactive Waste Act, S6082 [13MY]

S. 1687, Manhattan Project National Historical Park Study Act, S12198 [30SE]