ASN Report 2018

2019: the year of the first of the 4th ten-yearly outage inspections In 2019, Tricastin NPP reactor 1 will undergo its fourth ten-yearly outage inspection, which is a major step in its fourth periodic safety review. During this outage, EDF will carry out a significant part of the required inspections and deploy the first safety improvements associated with the review. ASN will issue a position statement on the continued operation of this reactor in 2022, after its position statement on the generic studies and its examination of the periodic safety review report for this reactor, that will be submitted by EDF in 2020. Involving the public at each step For the purposes of this periodic safety review, ASN has been involving the public since 2016 in the drafting of its position statement regarding the objectives proposed by EDF. This approach continued in 2018, under the aegis of the High Committee for Transparency and Information on Nuclear Security, in the form of a consultation on the measures planned by EDF to meet these objectives. ASN will also consult the public on the position it is to adopt at the end of 2020 for the generic phase of the periodic safety review. Pursuant to the law, a public inquiry will then be held, reactor by reactor, after submission of the periodic safety review conclusions report for each of them. In brief The periodic safety review has a two-fold objective: ∙ in-depth examination of the state of the facility, taking account of its ageing, in order to verify its compliance with the applicable baseline safety requirements; ∙ improve its safety level to take account of ope- rating experience feedback and the technical progress made on the most recent reactors. * GPE: Advisory Committees of Experts 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 PERIODIC SAFETY REVIEW STUDIES GENERIC PERIODIC SAFETY REVIEW RESULTS CONSULTATION ON THE NRO, overseen by the HCTISN 10-YEARLY OUTAGE INSPECTION ADDITIONAL WORK INTEGRATION OF CONCLUSIONS OF THE TRICASTIN 1 REACTOR REVIEW ASN opinion ASN opinion on the EDF NRO contributed to the consultation EDF response memorandum to the review objectives (NRO) ASN particular opinions on the EDF studies, further to the opinion of the IRSN and Advisory Committees Public inquiry on the measures proposed by EDF in its review conclusions report on the generic phase further to the opinion of the IRSN and the Advisory Committees and to the public consultation Generic ASN requirements EDF conclusions report for the Tricastin 1 periodic safety review ASN report to the Minister ASN regulation of continued operation by means of legally binding requirements PERIODIC SAFETY REVIEW SPECIFIC TRICASTIN 1 PHASE ASN will issue its opinion on the continued operation of Tricastin NPP reactor in 2022. ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2018  17