ASN Report 2018

1  Verifying that the licensee assumes its responsibilities  132 1.1 The principles of ASN’s oversight duties 1.2 The scope of regulation of nuclear activities 2  Ensuring that regulation is proportionate to the implications  133 2.1 Oversight by ASN 2.2 Internal checks performed by the licensees 2.2.1 BNI licensee internal oversight 2.2.2 Internal monitoring of radiation protection by the users of ionising radiation sources 2.3 ASN approval of organisations and laboratories 3  Efficient regulation and oversight  136 3.1 Inspection 3.1.1 Inspection objectives and principles 3.1.2 Inspection resources implemented 3.1.3 Inspection of Basic Nuclear Installations (BNIs) and pressure equipment 3.1.4 Inspection of radioactive substances transport 3.1.5 Inspection in the small-scale nuclear activities 3.1.6 Inspection of ASN approved organisations and laboratories 3.1.7 Checks on exposure to Radon and Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) 3.2 Assessment of the demonstrations provided by the licensee 3.2.1 Analysing the files transmitted by (BNI) licensees 3.2.2 Review of the applications required by the Public Health Code 3.3 Lessons learned from significant events 3.3.1 Anomaly detection and analysis 3.3.2 Implementation of the approach 3.3.3 Technical inquiries held in the event of an incident or accident concerning a nuclear activity 3.3.4 Statistical summary of events 3.4 Heightening the awareness of professionals and cooperating with the other administrations 3.5 Information about ASN’s regulatory activity 4  Monitoring the impact of nuclear activities and radioactivity in the environment  145 4.1 Monitoring discharges and the environmental and health impact of nuclear activities 4.1.1 Monitoring of discharges 4.1.2 Evaluating the radiological impact of the facilities 4.1.3 Monitoring imposed by the European Union 4.2 Environmental monitoring 4.2.1 The National Network for Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring (RNM) 4.2.2 The purpose of environmental monitoring 4.2.3 Content of monitoring 4.2.4 Environmental monitoring nationwide by IRSN 4.3 Measurement quality 4.3.1 Laboratory approval procedure 4.3.2 The approval commission 4.3.3 Approval conditions 5  Identifying and penalising deviations  152 5.1 Fairness and consistency in the decisions regarding enforcement and sanction measures 5.2 An appropriate policy of enforcement and sanctions 5.3 2018 results concerning enforcement and sanctions 6  Outlook  155 Regulation of nuclear activities and exposure to ionising radiation ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2018  131