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Published on 25/05/2023 at 15:35

ASN Report on the State of Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection in France in 2022

On May 25, ASN presented its Report on the State of Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection in France in 2022 to the parliamentarians of the Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and Technical Choices (OPECST). ASN used this opportunity to ask that the reflections conducted in preparation for the next multi-year energy Plan should adopt a systemic approach to the nuclear sector.

Published on 31/05/2023 at 14:44

ASN authorises use of the Flamanville EPR reactor vessel closure head

The commissioning and operation of the Flamanville EPR reactor pressure vessel were authorised by an ASN resolution in 2018. This resolution took into account a manufacturing anomaly in the lower dome and the vessel closure head and limited the use of the vessel closure head to 31 December 2024.

Published on 30/03/2023 at 19:55

External contamination of a worker

On 3 February 2023, ASN was notified by the Cattenom nuclear power plant licensee of a significant radiation protection event concerning the exceeding of an annual individual dose limit by an employee of an EDF contractor.
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ASN'S Annual Report

ASN'S Annual Report

The Nuclear Safety Authority presents the abstracts of its report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2021.

The abstracts of this report is required by Article L. 592-31 of the Environment Code. It was submitted to the President of the Republic,  the Prime Minister and the Presidents of the Senate and the National Assembly and  transmitted to the Parliamentary Office for the  Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Choices, pursuant to the above-mentioned Article.

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