ASN Report 2018

2.5  ̶  Prevention and management of environmental and health impacts 2.5.1  –  Monitoring of discharges and waste management • Monitoring the management of water intake and environmental discharges The Environment Code empowers ASN to issue binding requirements concerning BNI water intake and effluent discharges (see point 4.1 of chapter 3). The laws and regulations concerning environmental protection which apply to French NPPs comprise regulations, primarily the Environment Code, the Order of 7 February 2012 and ASN resolutions 2013‑DC‑0360 of 16 July 2013 concerning the management of detrimental effects and the health and environmental impact of BNIs, and 2017-DC-0588 of 6 April 2017 concerning procedures for water intake and consumption, effluents discharge and environmental monitoring for PWRs, as well as regulations specific to each of the NPPs: ∙ ∙ decisions setting the procedures for water intake and consumption and environmental discharges of liquid and gaseous effluents (chemical and radioactive); ∙ ∙ decisions setting the environmental discharge limits for liquid and gaseous effluents (chemical and radioactive). These decisions are approved by the Minister responsible for Nuclear Safety; Trend in the number of significant events rated on the INES scale in EDF nuclear power plants from 2008 to 2018 0 200 400 600 800 1,000 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 INES Level 0 INES Level 1 INES Level 2 737 795 717 747 830 817 765 697 717 835 875 Trend in the number of significant events per domain in EDF nuclear power plants from 2008 to 2018 0 200 400 600 800 1,000 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Significant Safety Events Significant Radiation Protection Events Significant Environmental Events 823 895 812 845 919 902 868 774 782 916 930 Graph 1 Graph 2 296  ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2018 10 – EDF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS