Awaiting Parliament 1st reading / single reading / budget 1st stage
2018/2222(INI) European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy
Next event: Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading 2019/01/14
Lead committee dossier: ITRE/8/14535
Legal Basis RoP 52
Next event: Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading 2019/01/14
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | ITRE | MARINESCU Marian-Jean (EPP) | ZANONATO Flavio (S&D), MATTHEWS Rupert (ECR), RIQUET Dominique (ALDE), KOHLÍČEK Jaromír (GUE/NGL), RIVASI Michèle (Verts/ALE), TAMBURRANO Dario (EFD) |
Legal Basis RoP 52
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2019/01/14
Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading
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2018/11/26
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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2018/11/21
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2018/09/13
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
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2018/2222(INI)
2018/10/11
ITRE
33 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas fusion is expected to play an important role in the future European and global energy landscape as a potentially inexhaustible, safe, climate- friendly, environmentally responsible and economically competitive source of energy, while recognising that there are still many uncertainties surrounding the development and success of fusion,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the Commission proposal to amend Council Decision 2007/198/Euratom aims to secure funding for continued European participation in the ITER project for the whole duration of the next multiannual financial framework in order to
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas this proposal provides for an application date of 1 January 2021, taking into account the notification by the United Kingdom of its intention to withdraw from the European Union and Euratom, in accordance with Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, which was received by the European Council on 29 March 2017, and whereas, unless a withdrawal agreement lays down another date, or the European Council, in agreement with the United Kingdom, unanimously sets a different date, Union legislation will cease to apply to the United Kingdom as from 31 December 2020;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Recalls that initially, in 2001, the construction costs of ITER were estimated to be around EUR 5.9 billion (2008 value), but that in 2010 this figure was adjusted to around EUR 16 billion (2008 value); notes that, on 12 July 2010, being aware of the risk of a budget overrun, the Council of the European Union limited the European contribution for the construction phase to EUR 6.6 billion (2008 value);
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 a (new) -1a. Recalls the delay in the construction of this experimental reactor, because originally it was planned that ITER should be constructed by 2020, but in 2016 the ITER Council approved a new timetable for reaching First Plasma in December 2025, the earliest technically possible date for the construction of ITER;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 b (new) -1b. Recalls certain observations made by the European Court of Auditors in its report on the annual accounts of the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the development of fusion energy for the financial year 20161a, in particular that: – In June 2017, the Commission had issued a communication entitled ‘EU contribution to a reformed ITER project’1b, seeking Parliament’s support and a mandate from the Council of the European Union to approve the new baseline on behalf of Euratom; – Although there are no contingencies in the new baseline, the Commission considers in its Communication that a contingency margin of up to 24 months for the calendar and between 10% and 20% for the budget would be appropriate1c. In addition, the measures taken to respect the budget ceiling of EUR 6.6 billion include in particular postponing the acquisition and installation of all components that are not essential to First Plasma. Although constructive steps have been taken to improve the management and control of the construction phase of the ITER project, there remains a risk of further cost overruns and further delays in the implementation of the project compared to the proposed new baseline; __________________ 1a OJ C 426, 12.12.2017, p. 32 1b COM(2017) 319 final, 14.6.2017 (accompanied by Commission Staff Working Document SWD(2017) 232 final) 1c Chapter V of COM(2017) 319 final, 14.6.2017 (accompanied by Commission Staff Working Document SWD(2017) 232 final)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 c (new) -1c. Observes that, in April 2018, the US Department of Energy estimated the cost of ITER at USD 65 billion, i.e. three times the budget announced by the ITER Organisation1a. __________________ 1a Paul Dabbar, DOE undersecretary for science, provided the estimate to the US Senate Appropriations subcommittee on energy and water development on 11 April 2018. https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/he arings/review-of-the-dept-of-energy-and- nnsa-budget-requests-for-fy2019
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 d (new) -1d. Notes that, on 29 March 2017, the United Kingdom notified the European Council of its decision to withdraw from the European Union and from Euratom; recalls that the United Kingdom has up to now been a net contributor to the Union budget and, in particular, to the financing of the fusion research programme, including ITER; recalls that the United Kingdom was contributing to the funding of ITER; points out that, according to the Court of Auditors, an agreement ‘setting out the arrangements for its withdrawal … may have a significant effect on the future activities of the F4E Joint Undertaking and the ITER project’1a. __________________ 1a OJ C 426, 12.12.2017, p. 34.
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 e (new) -1e. Stresses that, ‘as ITER is an experimental machine that will not work on a continuous basis, the energy produced will not be converted into electricity’1a and that ‘ITER is not intended to feed the [electricity] grid’1b; observes, therefore, that ITER will play no role in fighting climate change or in energy independence or the European electricity market; __________________ 1a ref. ITER.org https://www.iter.org/en/proj/inafewlines 1b Mr Massimo Garribba, DG ENER, during consideration of the report by Mr Marinescu on the Joint Undertaking for ITER and the development of fusion energy, ITRE – 9 October 2018.
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 f (new) Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas fusion
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 g (new) -1g. Notes that project reactors require a great amount of lithium-6 obtained by means of nuclear enrichment from naturally occurring lithium, and that land-based lithium resources raise many issues, particularly of an environmental and economic nature; stresses that the production of tritium from lithium-6 in the ITER reactor and subsequent ones of the same type requires a large amount of beryllium, which is rare on Earth and extremely toxic and costly; concludes that deuterium/tritium fusion is neither ‘sustainable’ nor ‘inexhaustible’;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 h (new) -1h. Condemns the complete failure to take account of democratic institutions, particularly the opinion of the European Parliament; calls for decisions on nuclear issues from now on to be taken under the ordinary legislative procedure as provided for in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU);
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 i (new) -1i. Calls for a scientific audit of nuclear fusion by nuclear physicists not involved in nuclear fusion research;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Regrets that the Council has not consulted the European Parliament on the approval of the Commission proposal (COM(2018)0445) and welcomes the Commission’s stated intention as part of the State of the Union 2018 “to consider options for enhanced qualified majority voting and for a possible reform of the Euratom Treaty”; expects that such a reform would necessarily lead to co- legislative powers for the European Parliament;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Stresses that the Euratom contribution to the Joint Undertaking for the period 2021-2027 should not be exceeded;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Stresses that in order to avoid successive upward revisions of the projected cost of the project, to avoid delays in the expected dates of operational milestones and to ensure the highest possible degree of schedule reliability, the ITER Organisation should include a reasonable contingency on any revised schedule; supports, in this regard, the contingency of up to 24 months in terms of schedule and 10-20% in terms of budget proposed by the European Commission;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Welcomes the new approach to Risk management taken by the ITER Organisation and encourages the ITER Council to further reduce the number of sub-committees, streamline their function and eliminate overlaps;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. Calls on the Council to
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new) – include provisions in Article 5 and Annex III of the Statute of the Joint Undertaking (‘Financial Regulation: general principles’) enabling the Joint Undertaking to receive funding in the form of financial instruments in connection with blending operations implemented in accordance with the [InvestEU] Regulation,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas fusion is expected to
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – indent 7 Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – indent 7 a (new) – consider cooperation with small and medium-sized private disruptive players, such as start-ups experimenting with new approaches and technologies, in the research programme and the network of organisations designated in the field of scientific and technological fusion research;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – indent 8 a (new) – clarify the role and contribution of the United Kingdom in the light of its Euratom status, particularly with regard to potential participation in ITER,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – indent 8 a (new) – include in the proposal a recommendation to investigate the further possible use of the materials currently being used in the ITER project
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas fusion
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas, according to the latest IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre- industrial levels, limiting global warming to 1.5°C will require a reduction in global emissions to ‘net zero’ in around 2050, so that fusion research will not make it possible to respond to global warming in time;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the Joint Undertaking coordinates scientific and technological research and development activities in the field of fusion;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the European Union has created a Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy for the purpose of managing the EU contribution to ITER;
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