ASN Report 2018

T he Caen division regulates nuclear safety, radiation protection and the transport of radioactive substances in the 5 départements of the Normandie region. Normandie region In 2018, ASN carried out 203 inspections in Normandie, comprising 62 inspections in the Nuclear Power Plants (NPP) of Flamanville, Paluel and Penly, 20 inspections on the construction site of the Flamanville 3 EPR reactor, 67 inspections on fuel cycle facilities, research facilities and facilities undergoingdecommissioning, 46 inspections in small-scale nuclear activities and 8 in the transport of radioactive substances. In addition to this, 46 days of labour inspectionwere carried out on the NPP sites and the Flamanville 3 worksite. During 2018, 14 significant events rated level 1 on the INES scale were notified to ASN. In addition, 7 events rated level 1 on the ASN-SFRO scale were notified by the heads of radiotherapy departments in the Normandie region. ASN drew up two violation reports in the exercise of its oversight duties. Flamanville nuclear power plant Operated by EDF and situated in the Manche département in the municipality of Flamanville, 25 km south-west of Cherbourg, the Flamanville NPP comprises two pressurised water reactors, each of 1,300 MWe commissioned in 1985 and 1986. Reactor 1 constitutes BNI 108 and reactor 2 BNI 109. ASN considers that the performance of the Flamanville NPP with regard to nuclear safety, radiation protection and environmental protection is, on the whole, in line with the general assessment of EDF plant performance. REGIONAL OVERVIEWOF NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION THE INSTALLATIONS AND ACTIVITIES TO REGULATE COMPRISE: ཛྷ ཛྷ BNIs: t ݸݸ he NPPs of Flamanville (2 reactors of 1,300 MWe), Paluel (4 reactors of 1,300 MWe) and Penly (2 reactors of 1,300 MWe) operated by EDF; t ݸݸ he Flamanville 3 EPR reactor construction site; t ݸݸ he Orano Cycle spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plant at La Hague; t ݸݸ he Andra Manche repository; t ݸݸ he Ganil (National Large Heavy Ion Accelerator) in Caen; ཛྷ ཛྷ small-scale nuclear activities in the veterinary, industrial and research sectors: ݸݸ 8 external-beam radiotherapy departments (21 devices); ݸݸ 1 proton therapy department; ݸݸ 3 brachytherapy departments; ݸݸ 11 nuclear medicine departments; ݸݸ 35 centres performing fluoroscopy-guided interventional procedures; ݸݸ 66 computed tomography scanners; ݸݸ some 2,100 medical and dental radiology devices; ཛྷ ཛྷ small-scale nuclear activities in the veterinary, industrial and research sectors: ݸݸ about 450 industrial and research establishments, including 18 companies exercising an industrial radiography activity; ݸݸ 1 cyclotron; ݸݸ about 21 laboratories situated mainly in the universities of the region; ݸݸ 10 companies using gamma ray densitometers; ݸݸ 150 users of devices for detecting lead in paint; ݸݸ about 260 veterinary surgeries or clinics practising diagnostic radiology; ཛྷ ཛྷ activities linked to the transport of radioactive substances; ཛྷ ཛྷ ASN-approved laboratories and organisations, including: 9 ݸݸ head offices of laboratories approved for taking environmental radioactivity measurements; 3 ݸݸ head offices of organisations approved for radiation protection controls. see p. 200 see p. 230 see p. 256 62  ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2018