ASN Report 2018

NOTABLE EVENTS 2018 The PNGMDR is prepared by the General Directorate for Energy and Climate (DGEC) at the Ministry responsible for Energy and by ASN, on the basis of the work done by a pluralistic working group more specifically comprising radioactive waste producers, licensees of management facilities for this waste, evaluation and control authorities and environmental protection associations. In concrete terms, the PNGMDR gives a detailed inventory of radioactive material and waste management methods, whether operational or to be deployed, and then makes recommendations or sets targets. ASN contributed to this through seven opinions issued in 2016, the main guidelines of which were incorporated into the 2016-2018 version of the PNGMDR. The Decree and Order of 23 February 2017 set out the prescriptions of the Environment Code and the studies to be conducted in the coming years, respectively. There are 83 of these studies, each one with a pilot and a completion deadline. The same pluralistic approach to drafting will be adopted for the next edition of the PNGMDR, which will also be preceded by a public debate for the first time. In accordance with the Ordinance of 3 August 2016, the DGEC and ASN referred to the National Public Debates Commission (CNDP) regarding the procedures to be followed for organising participation by the public. The CNDP decided to organise a public debate on the plan. The debate, which will be held during the course of 2019, will be an opportunity to deliberate on a number of subjects with significant implications. ASN and the DGEC, in cooperation with the particular public debates Commission, drafted a “project manager’s report” which presents the main elements of the PNGMDR and identifies the main issues they propose submitting to the debate for the purpose of drafting the new plan. The contributions and thoughts expressed during the debate on the aspects of the PNGMDR which are not directly covered by the project manager’s plan, will also be of use for drafting the next edition of the PNGMDR. Classification of radioactive waste and corresponding management routes CATEGORY VERY SHORT LIVEDWASTE SHORT-LIVEDWASTE LONG-LIVEDWASTE Very Low Level (VLL) VSL Management by radioactive decay VLL Surface disposal (Industrial centre for collection, storage and disposal) Low Level (LL) LIL‑SL Surface disposal (Aube and Manche waste repositories) LL‑LL Near-surface disposal being studied Intermediate Level (IL) IL‑LL HL High Level (HL) Not Applicable Project for deep geological disposal ( Cigéo project) Oversight tool  National Radioactive Material and Waste Management Plan In brief Since the first edition of the PNGMDR in 2007, there have been four successive plans. They have enabled progress to be made in structuring the radioactive material and waste management routes and strengthening the public policies which, in this field, contribute to the protection of human health, safety and the environment. P lanning Act 2006‑739 of 28 June 2006 on the sustainable management of radioactive material and waste, instituted the drafting of a National Radioactive material and waste Management Plan (PNGMDR) every three years. 20  ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2018