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Among others, the German Bundestag dealt with topics affecting the tasks of tthe tasks of the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BfE). In the following you will find links relating to the Parliamentary Material Information System (DIP) of the German Bundestag.

The compilation includes answers to parliamentary inquiries on the topic of nuclear waste management which have been answered by the federal government on the basis of contributions made by the BfE or, respectively, whose topics are among the tasks of the BfE (documents in German only).

Parliamentary Inquiries on the Topic of Nuclear Safety
DateTopicDocument number
2017-
13 January 2017Radiological effects on the failure of the reactor pressure vessel at the Belgian nuclear power plant Tihange 218/10830
2016-
27 June 2016Possible accident scenarios in pressurised-water reactors as a result of a leak in a heating-pipe of a steam-generator18/8979
29 March 201630 years Chernobyl - Damage to the Federal Republic of Germany18/7996
21. March 201630 years Chernobyl – Current situation in the Ukraine18/7937
29. FebruaryLatest developments in Fukushima and other Japanese nuclear sites18/7739
11 January 2016Detection of cracks in the Belgian nuclear power plants Doel 3 and Tihange 2 and lifetime extension of Doel 1 and Doel 218/7220
2015-
27 June 2016Research reactor Munich II18/7133
15 September 2016Conical jet tube at the Berlin research reactor BER II18/6001
19 August 2016Defects in the Swiss Beznau Nuclear Power Plant18/5792
7 July 2015Questions on separation of unite in the nuclear power plants Gundremmingen B and C (request to the federal government's reply to the minor interpellation to Bundestagsdrucksache 18/4888)18/5483
12 May 2015Nuclear fuel removed and dismantling of the nuclear power plants finally shut down in 2011 and of the Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant18/4887
9 April 201529 years of Chernobyl – Current situation in the Ukraine18/4576
27 March 2015Adaptation of disaster control for the Berlin Research Reactor BER II according to the German Commission on Radiological Protection18/4497
12 March 2015Nuclear research reactor Berlin BER II - High field magnet of Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin18/4309
12 March 2015Decommissioning and dismantling of the Isar 1/Ohu nuclear power plant and handling of high-level radioactive fuel elements18/4291
29 January 2015Retrofit measures at nuclear power plants Gundremmingen B and C18/3875
2014-
18 December 2014European nuclear projects18/3606
16 December 2014Revision of the Euratom Treaty18/3539
12 December 2014New questions relating to the safety of nuclear installations in Ukraine18/3521
26 September 2014Transients in German nuclear power plants18/2675
26 September 2014Ukraine conflict and threat and security situation of local nuclear power plants and nuclear repositories18/2670
8 September 2014Operational interruption at the Berlin BER II research reactor (enquiry to the government's answer to a parliamentary question concerning Bundestagsdrucksache 18/1784 - see below)18/2507
29 August 2014Status of nuclear power plants finally shut down in 2011 in terms of being free from nuclear fuel and dismantling18/2427
18 August 2014Conversion of uranium hexafluoride from the Gronau uranium enrichment plant owned by the URENCO company to uranium oxyde in France and the UK18/2362
14 July 2014Safety of nuclear installations in Ukraine18/2109
14 July 2014Precursor analyses of incidents in German nuclear power plants18/2108
26 June 2014Promotion and research in the field of uranium enrichment in Germany18/1910
13 June 2014Research at the Berlin Reaktor BER II18/1764
14 May 2014Design characteristics and risks of European nuclear power plants18/1412
12 May 2014AREVA Nuclear Professional School at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology18/1396
07 May 2014Position of the federal government on the Tihange and Doel nuclear power plants situated close to the German border18/1347
29 April 2014Future of the uranium enrichment plant in Gronau and the URENCO uranium enrichment company18/1267
25 April 2014Current developments in Chernobyl and other nuclear sites in Ukraine18/1242
22 April 2014Activities of the Jülich Research Center related to high-temperature reactor technology18/1268
10 March 2014Gundremmingen nuclear power plant18/741
27 February 2014Nuclear projects in Europe18/677
26 February 2014Grants for associations of the pro-nuclear lobby18/668
5 February 2014Court proceedings in the field of nuclear power18/442
2013-
1 August 2013Characteristics of the emergency cooling system in the Gundremmingen nuclear power plant units B and C (queries relating to the the federal government's reply to the parliamentary enquiry regarding Bundestagsdrucksache 17/14454 see below)17/14606
30 July 2013Characteristics of the emergency core cooling system in the Gundremmingen nuclear power plant Units B and C (Queries concerning the federal government's answer to the interpellation to Bundestag document No. 17/14340; cf. below)17/14454
5 July 2013Characteristics of the emergency core cooling system in the Gundremmingen nuclear power plant Units B and C17/14340
2 May 2013System failures at the Gundremmingen nuclear power plant17/13364
26 April 2013Atomic research at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology17/13342
27 March 2013Handling of depleted uranium from URENCO and from the uranium enrichment plant in Gronau17/12943
19 February 2013Sale of URENCO17/12364
23 January 2013Nuclear liability in Europe17/12156
17 January 2013Gender-specific burdens and risks due to nuclear power plants in the Federal Republic of Germany17/12107
2012-
19 December 2012Questions on nuclear regulations and on possible security deficits in the Gundremmingen nuclear power plant17/11947
19 December 2012Dismantling of nuclear power plants – current state and market situation17/11944
5 December 2012Risks associated with the nuclear power plant to be constructed in Belarus17/11779
29 November 2012Planned operational life span extension of nuclear power plants Tihange 1 (Belgium) and Borssele (Netherlands)17/11760
9 November 2012Costs for the dismantling of the AVR reactor Jülich17/11447
7 November 2012Europe-wide relevance of cracks found in Belgian nuclear power plants17/11348
23 August 2012Questions on the Temelin 3 and 4 nuclear power plant project, on the existing Temelin 1 NPP and queries concerning Bundestag document No. 17/1026917/10519
19 July 2012 Potential threat posed by the French nuclear power plant Cattenom and results of the stress test17/10341
6 July 2012Questions on the status of the Temelin 3 and 4 NPP project, the respective public participation procedure and queries concerning the federal government's reply to the parliamentary question concerning Bundestag document No. 17/983217/10269
12 June 2012EU stress tests concerning threats of terrorist attacks on nuclear facilities17/9906
7 June 2012 Incidents in German nuclear power plants concerning works in power operation17/9885
30 May 2012Transboundary public participation regarding the construction of nuclear facilities in neighbouring states17/9832
27 April 2012Causes of deformation of fuel elements in German pressurised water reactors (Protocol item 54.)17/9449
20 March 2012 Stress test of the research reactor in Berlin17/9019
1 March 2012European Union stress test for the French nuclear power plant Cattenom (close to the border with Germany and Luxembourg) - preliminary result17/8817
31 January 2012State of the reprocessing of German fuel elements abroad and the German plutonium inventory17/8527
31 January 2012Decommissioning and dismantling of nuclear power plants and radioactive waste management - questions as to who will bear the costs and the utilities' provisions for liabilities and charges (enquiry relating to the federal government's reply, document number 17/7777, see below)17/8526
23 January 2012 Safety of the Grohnde nuclear power plant17/8436
2011-
12.12.2011Klinische und logistische Kapazitäten für atomaren Unfall in Deutschland17/8113
23 November 2011Decommissioning and dismantling of nuclear power plants and radioactive waste management - questions as to who will bear the costs and the utilities' provisions for liabilities and charges17/7777
3 November 2011Rheinsberg nuclear power plant - decommissioning and nuclear waste17/7607
31.10.2011Länderausschuss Atomkernenergie17/7568
15 August 2011Research reactor BER-II - Supplement to answer number 17/6693 (see below)17/6803
12 August 2011Reportable events during re-startup in nuclear power plants still in operation (pages 71 and the following)17/6790
3 August 2011 Information notices for nuclear power plants17/6731
29 July 2011Questions concerning the operation of a nuclear power plant as a nuclear cold reserve and the results of the periodical safety reviews17/6707
25 July 2011Research reactor BER-II17/6693
22 June 2011Draft of a 13th Act on amending the Atomic Energy Act17/6246
1 June 2011Origin of the uranium in German nuclear power plants17/6037
12 May 2011Known security deficits of German nuclear installations17/5808
29 April 2011Reportable events during the shutdown of nuclear power plants, especially with activated scram (pages 52 and the following)17/5675
26 April 2011Conclusions concerning civil protection from the nuclear accident in the Fukushima nuclear power plant17/5653
2010-
28 October 2010 Plenary meeting second and third consultation about the draft for amending the Atomic Energy Act17/68
27 October 2010Oral interpellations on the operational life-span extension during the plenary meeting (pages 7147 C and the following)17/67
22 October 2010Written answers to questions concerning the amendment of the Atomic Energy Act, additional electricity volumes for ISAR 2 and so on17/3364
21 October 2010Operational life span extension of nuclear power plants - questions concerning the 11th and 12th amendment of the Atomic Energy Act and the development funds agreement17/3395
21 October 2010Operational life span extension of nuclear power plants - questions on necessary retrofittings of the 17 nuclear power plants17/3394
20 October 2010Nuclear emergency - international liability law related to nuclear power plants17/3371
15 October 2010Malicious software "Stuxnet": German or European nuclear power plants affected?17/3308
28 September 2010Draft of a Nuclear Fuel Tax Act17/3054
28 September 2010Draft of a Twelfth Act on amending the Atomic Energy Act17/3052
28 September 2010Draft of an Eleventh Act on amending the Atomic Energy Act17/3051
27 September 2010Which findings does the federal government have on the degree of nuclear fuel enrichment in the fuel elements used in the 17 German nuclear power plants in the last years? (pages 62 to 63)17/3114
27 August 2010Costs that have accrued so far for the decommissioning, inclusion, dismantling, interim storage since the decommissioning of the AVR Jülich nuclear power plant (page 59)17/2818
25 August 2010Incidents in the French nuclear power plant Cattenom17/2807
26 July 2010Financial strains and budgetary risks resulting from the decommissioning and dismantling of nuclear reactors and the old radioactive waste stored in other countries17/2646
14 July 2010Biblis nuclear power plants - specific regulations17/2606
27 May 2010Accruals of the utilities for decommissioning and dismantling of nuclear power plants17/1866
2009-
19 March 2009Debate on nuclear energy policy16/211
16 March 2009Expertise of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection16/12216
11 March 2009Tritium exposure of the river Mosel and other waters, from nuclear power plants in the Federal Republic of Germany16/12217
12 February 2009Shutdown of old nuclear power plants in Eastern Europe according to contracts (page 22212)16/205
13 January 2009Multilateralization of the fuel cycle16/11601
2008-
11 July 2008Economic costs of nuclear energy16/10077
20 February 2008Statements of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection's president in the "Financial Times Germany" on electricity gaps from phasing out of nuclear energy (page 48)16/8311
29 January 2008Transferability of the results of the current study about childhood cancer in the vicinity of nuclear power plants to nuclear facilities in Karlsruhe, in particular the reprocessing plant16/8090

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