ASN Report 2018

T he Dijon division regulates nuclear safety, radiation protection and the transport of radioactive substances in the 8 départements of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Bourgogne Franche‑Comté region In 2018, ASN carried out 53 inspections in the Bourgogne- Franche‑Comté region in small-scale nuclear activities and 5 inspections relative to the transport of radioactive substances. Among the significant events reported and analysed to draw lessons from them, 7 events concerning radiotherapy or brachytherapy patients were rated level 1 on the ASN- SFRO scale, while 2 events concerning the theft or loss of a radioactive source were rated level 1 on the INES scale. ASN also devoted particular attention to the Framatome manufacturing plants situated in the Bourgogne‑ Franche‑Comté region. The steps taken by ASN in this respect are described in chapter 10. REGIONAL OVERVIEWOF NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION THE INSTALLATIONS AND ACTIVITIES TO REGULATE COMPRISE: ཛྷ ཛྷ small-scale nuclear activities in the medical sector: ݸݸ 8 external-beam radiotherapy departments; ݸݸ 4 brachytherapy departments; ݸݸ 14 nuclear medicine departments; ݸݸ 36 centres performing fluoroscopy-guided interventional procedures; ݸݸ 52 computed tomography scanners; ݸݸ about 800 medical radiology devices; ݸݸ about 2,000 dental radiology devices ; ཛྷ ཛྷ small-scale nuclear activities in the veterinary, industrial and research sectors: ݸݸ about 200 veterinary practices, 3 of them equipped with scanners ; ݸݸ about 400 industrial and research establishments, including 28 companies exercising an industrial radiography activity; ݸݸ 162 users of devices for detecting lead in paint; ݸݸ 2 accelerators; ཛྷ ཛྷ activities linked to the transport of radioactive substances ; ཛྷ ཛྷ approved laboratories and organisations : 3 ݸݸ organisations approved for radiation protection controls, with 4 agencies; 5 ݸݸ organisations approved for radon monitoring and 1 laboratory approved for measuring radioactivity in the environment. see p. 200 see p. 230 see p. 256 38  ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2018