ASN Report 2018

CENTRE-VAL DE LOIRE REGIONAL OVERVIEWOF NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION of the silos, the activity of the water table, and monitoring the condition of civil engineering structures). These actions are on the whole carried out satisfactorily. In the context of its new decommissioning strategy for the GCR, EDF has announced its decision to start removing the graphite sleeves from the silos without waiting for the graphite waste disposal route to become available. To this end, EDF envisages creating a new graphite sleeve storage facility on the Saint‑Laurent‑des‑Eaux site. EDF presented the progress of the silo emptying and storage facility studies to ASN in 2018. Complementary studies are in progress to consolidate the scenario and find technical optimisations. EDF plans submitting, at the end of 2020, the application file for authorisation to create a new storage BNI, and the decommissioning file which will take into account the operations to empty, clean-out and demolish the existing silos. Labour inspection in the nuclear power plants of the Centre‑Val de Loire region. Specific inspections were conducted within the four NPPs of the Centre‑Val de Loire region on the themes of fire and personnel evacuation and sheltering in the event of incidents or accidents. These inspections served to check, among other things, compliance with the obligations associated with the utilisation of work places on account of the fire risk. Fire remains a subject of concern that is constantly on the nuclear power plants’ agenda, and for which ASN expects significant improvements. 46  ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2018