ASN Report 2018

experiments conducted in the laboratory, and ascertains by random sampling during follow-up inspections that they are carried out using processes that guarantee the quality of the results. • Technical instructions Pursuant to the Act of 30 December 1991, and then pursuant to the Act of 28 June 2006 and the PNGMDR, Andra has carried out studies and submitted reports on the deep geological repository. These studies and reports have been examined by ASN - referring in particular to the Safety Guide of 2008 - and it has issued an opinion on them. ASN has thus more specifically examined the reports submitted by Andra in 2005 and at the end of 2009. It issued opinions on these reports on 1 February 2006 and 26 July 2011. Andra subsequently submitted various files to ASN presenting the progress of the studies and work carried out. ASN issued a position statement: ∙ ∙ in 2013, on the documents produced between 2009 and 2013 – the year of the public debate, and on the intermediate design milestone at the outline stage presented by Andra in 2012; ∙ ∙ in 2014, on the safety components of the closure structures and the expected content of the safety options dossier for the facility; ∙ ∙ in 2015, on the control of operating risks and the cost of the project; ∙ ∙ in 2016, on the components development plan; ∙ ∙ in 2018, on the Cigéo safety options file (see box below). • The authorisation process Examination of the creation authorisation application for a deep geological disposal facility will not start until formally requested by Andra and will be governed in particular by Chapter II of the Decree of 2 November 2007 relative to BNIs, and Article L. 542-10-1 of the Environment Code, which is specific to deep geological disposal facilities. Andra has indicated that it wishes to file this creation authorisation application in early 2020. Further to the public debate of 2013, Andra decided to set up an industrial pilot phase before operating the facility at industrial rates. The Board of Directors of Andra had also decided to submit a Safety Options Dossier (DOS) for the Cigéo repository project to ASN before applying for the facility creation authorisation. ASN welcomed this decision which is in keeping with the stepwise development promoted in the ASN Safety Guide relative to radioactive waste disposal in deep geological formations, and informed Andra of its expectations regarding the content of this dossier by letter dated 19 December 2014. THE CIGÉO DISPOSAL PROJECT UNDERGROUNG RESEARCH LABORATORY RAMPS ZONE SHAFTS ZONE DOUBLE RAMPS SHAFTS HLW REPOSITORY ZONE Undergroung installations ILW-LL REPOSITORY ZONE Schematic diagram of the Cigéo repository showing the surface and underground facilities 362  ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2018 14 – RADIOACTIVE WASTE AND CONTAMINATED SITES AND SOILS