ASN Report 2018

• Advisory Committee for Radiation Protection in Medical and Forensic Applications of Ionising Radiation (GPMED) Chaired by Bernard Aubert, the GPMED comprises 36 experts appointed for their competence in the field of radiation protection of health professionals, the general public and patients and for medical and forensic applications of ionising radiation. The composition of the GPMED was renewed on 16 December 2016. It held one plenary meeting in 2018. • Advisory Committee for Radiation Protection for Industrial and Research Applications of Ionising Radiation and in the Environment (GPRADE) Chaired by Jean-Paul Samain, the GPRADE comprises 34 experts appointed for their competence in the fields of radiation protection of workers (other than health professionals) and the public, for industrial and research applications using ionising radiation and for exposure to ionising radiation of natural origin, and protection of the environment. The composition of the GPRADE was renewed on 16 December 2016. It held two plenary meetings in 2018. • Advisory Committee for Nuclear Reactors (GPR) The Advisory Committee for Nuclear Reactors is chaired by Philippe Saint Raymond and comprises 36 experts appointed for their competence in the field of nuclear reactors. In 2018, it held four plenary meetings and visited the Flamanville EPR prior to examining its commissioning file. • Advisory Committee for Transport (GPT) The GPT is chaired by Jérôme Joly and comprises 25 experts appointed for their competence in the field of transport. It held one plenary meeting in 2018. • Advisory Committee for Laboratories and Plants (GPU) The Advisory Committee for Laboratories and Plants is chaired by Alain Dorison and comprises 32 experts appointed for their competence in the field of laboratories and plants concerned by radioactive substances. In 2018, it held five plenary meetings, including three jointly with the GPD, and visited two BNIs before examining their file during a meeting. • Advisory Committee for “Decommissioning” (GPDEM) Chaired by Henri Legrand, the GPDEM comprises 34 experts appointed for their competence in the field of BNI decommissioning. The GPDEM was created by a decision of the ASN Director General on 30 October 2018 and has held its first meeting. 2.5.3  –  The ASN’s other technical support organisations To diversify its expertise and benefit from other particular skills, ASN committed credits of €0.15 million in 2018. The framework agreement implemented in 2013 with expert analysis and assessment organisations, in order to stimulate the use of diversified expertise, came to an end in 2018. In 2019, ASN will examine the benefits to be gained from continuing with this type of framework agreement. In 2018, ASN more particularly continued or initiated collaborations with a group of several organisations approved for nuclear pressure equipment, for an analysis of the regulatory and standards reference system concerning the evaluation of the conformity of certain equipment items. 2.6  ̶  The pluralistic working groups ASN has set up several pluralistic working groups; they enable the stakeholders to take part in developing doctrines, defining action plans or monitoring their implementation. 2.6.1  –  The working group on the National Radioactive Material and Waste Management Plan (PNGMDR) Article L.542-1-2 of the Environment Code requires the production of a National Radioactive Material and Waste Management Plan (PNGMDR), which is revised every three years and serves to review the existing management procedures for radioactive materials and waste, to identify the foreseeable needs for storage and disposal facilities, specify the necessary capacity of these facilities and the storage durations and, for radioactive waste for which there is as yet no final management solution, determine the objectives to be met. The Working Group (WG) tasked with producing the PNGMDR comprises environmental protection associations, experts, representatives from industry and regulatory authorities, alongside the radioactive waste producers and managers. It is co-chaired by the General Directorate for Energy and the Climate at the Ministry for Ecological and Solidarity-based Transition and by ASN. The work of the PNGMDR WG is presented in greater detail in chapter 14. 2.6.2  –  The Steering Committee for Managing the Nuclear Post-Accident Phase Pursuant to an Interministerial Directive of 7 April 2005 on the action of the public authorities in the case of an event leading to a radiological emergency situation, ASN, together with the ministerial departments concerned, is tasked with defining, preparing for and implementing the necessary measures to manage a post-accident situation. In order to develop a doctrine and after testing post-accident management during national and international exercises, ASN brought all the players concerned together within the Codirpa (Steering Committee responsible for Post-Accident Management). This committee, headed by ASN, has representatives from the ministerial departments concerned, the health agencies, associations, the CLI, and IRSN. The work of the Codirpa is presented in greater detail in chapter 4. 2.6.3  –  The other pluralistic working groups Considering that it was necessary to move forward with regard to the reflections and work being done on the contribution of humans and organisations to the safety of nuclear facilities, ASN therefore decided in 2012 to set up the Steering Committee for Social, Organisational and Human Factors (COFSOH). The purpose of the COFSOH is on the one hand to allow exchanges between stakeholders on such a difficult subject as social, organisational and human factors and, on the other, to draft documents proposing common positions by the various members of the COFSOH on a given subject, as well as guidelines for studies to be taken to shed light on subjects for which there is a shortage of data or lack of clarity. ASN also coordinates the national committee in charge of the third national radon risks plan for the period 2016-2019, which met twice in 2018 (see chapter 1). Within this framework, ASN more particularly launched a working group in 2018 to deal with the drafting of an information and awareness-raising strategy targeting the audiences concerned. 124  ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2018 02 – THE PRINCIPLES OF NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION AND THE REGULATION AND OVERSIGHT STAKEHOLDERS