Abstracts ASN Report 2019

א ِ ב ِ …א ȸǕƏȇǣɀƏɎǣȒȇ • ³z !ȒȅȅǣɀɀǣȒȇ The ASN Commission comprises five full-time Commissioners. Their mandate is for a period of six years and may not be renewed. The Commissioners perform their duties in complete impartiality and receive no instructions either from the Government or from any other person or institution. The President of the Republic may terminate the duties of a member of the Commission in the event of a serious breach of his or her obligations. The Commission defines ASN strategy. More specifically, it is involved in developing overall policy, i.e. the doctrines and principles that underpin ASN’s main missions of regulation, inspection, transparency, management of emergency situations and international relations. Pursuant to the Environment Code, the Commission submits ASN’s opinions to the Government and issues the main ASN regulations and decisions. It decides on the public position to be adopted on the main issues within ASN’s sphere of competence. The Commission adopts the ASN internal rules of procedure which set out its organisation and working rules, as well as its ethical guidelines. The Commission’s decisions and opinions are published in ASN’s Bulletin Officiel ( Official Bulletin ). Ł ӅӃӄӌё ŇĻĸ łŀŀļņņļłŁ ŀĸŇ ӊӅׇŇļŀĸņє Ň ļņņňĸķ Ӆӈ łŃļŁļłŁņ and 24 decisions. • ³z ǝƺƏƳ ȒǔǔǣƬƺ ƳƺȵƏȸɎȅƺȇɎɀ The ASN head office departments comprise an Executive Committee, an Office of Administration, a Management and Expertise Office, an Oversight Support Office and nine departments covering specific themes. Under the authority of the ASN Director General, the Executive Committee organises and manages the departments on a day- to-day basis. It ensures that the orientations determined by the Commission are followed and that ASN’s actions are effective. It oversees and coordinates the various entities. The role of the departments is to manage national affairs concerning the activities under their responsibility. They take part in defining the general regulations and coordinate and oversee the actions of the ASN regional divisions. ҄ The Nuclear Power Plant Department (DCN) is responsible for the regulation and monitoring of the safety of the NPPs in operation, as well as the safety of future power generating reactor projects. It contributes to the development of regulation/monitoring strategies and ASN actions on subjects such as facility ageing, reactor service life, assessment of NPP safety performance and harmonisation of nuclear safety in ňŅłŃĸє Ļĸ ĶłŀŃŅļņĸņ ņļŋ ĵŅĴŁĶĻĸņѓ Ѣ ĴōĴŅķņ ĴŁķ ĴĹĸŇŌ Reviews”, “Equipment and Systems Monitoring”, “Operation”, “Core and Studies”, “Radiation Protection, Environment and ĴĵłňŅ ŁņŃĸĶŇłŅĴŇĸѣ ĴŁķ Ѣ ĸĺňĿĴŇļłŁ ĴŁķ ĸŊ ĴĶļĿļŇļĸņѣє ҄ The Nuclear Pressure Equipment Department (DEP) is responsible for monitoring the safety of pressure equipment installed in BNIs. It monitors the design, manufacture and operation of NPE and application of the regulations by the manufacturers and their subcontractors and by the nuclear licensees. It also monitors the approved organisations performing the regulation checks on this equipment. The DEP comprises four Branches: “Design”, “Manufacturing”, “In-service Monitoring” and “Relations with Divisions and Operations”. ҄ The Transport and Radiation Sources Department (DTS) is responsible for monitoring activities relating to sources of ionising radiation in the non-medical sectors and to transport of radioactive substances. It contributes to the development of technical regulations, to monitoring their application and to managing authorisation procedures (installations and equipment emitting ionising radiation in non-medical sectors, suppliers of medical and non-medical sources, accreditation of packaging and of relevant organisations). It took charge of oversight of the security of radioactive sources. The DTS comprises two Branches: “Transport Monitoring” and “Radiation Protection and Sources”, plus a “Source Security” section. ҄ Ļĸ ĴņŇĸё ĸņĸĴŅĶĻ ĴĶļĿļŇļĸņ ĴŁķ ňĸĿ ŌĶĿĸ ĸŃĴŅŇŀĸŁŇ (DRC) is responsible for monitoring nuclear fuel cycle facilities, research facilities, nuclear installations being decommissioned, contaminated sites and radioactive waste management. It takes part in monitoring the Meuse/Haute-Marne underground research laboratory and the research facilities covered by international conventions, such as the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) or the ITER reactor project. The DRC comprises five Offices: “Radioactive Waste Management”, “Monitoring of Laboratories-Plants- ĸĶłŀŀļņņļłŁļŁĺ ĴŁķ ĸņĸĴŅĶĻ ĴĶļĿļŇļĸņѣё Ѣ łŁļŇłŅļŁĺ łĹ ňĸĿ ŌĶĿĸ ĴĶļĿļŇļĸņѣё Ѣ ĴŁĴĺĸŀĸŁŇ łĹ ĸĴĶŇłŅ ĸĶłŀŀļņņļłŁļŁĺ ĴŁķ ŇĻĸ ŌĶĿĸ ŅłŁŇіĸŁķѣ ĴŁķ Ѣ ĴŁĴĺĸŀĸŁŇ łĹ ŌĶĿĸ ĴĶľіĸŁķ Decommissioning and Legacy Situations”. ҄ The Ionising Radiation and Health Department (DIS) is tasked with regulating medical applications of ionising radiation and –in collaboration with IRSN and the various health authorities– with organising the scientific, health and medical watch with regard to the effects of ionising radiation on health. It contributes to the drafting of the regulations in the field of radiation protection, including with respect to natural ionising radiation, and the updating of health protection measures should a nuclear or radiological event take place. The DIS comprises two Branches: “Exposure in the Medical Sector” and “Exposure of Workers and the Public”. ҄ The Environment and Emergency Department (DEU) is responsible for monitoring environmental protection and managing emergency situations. It establishes policy on nationwide radiological monitoring and on the provision of information to the public and helps to ensure that discharges from BNIs are as low as reasonably achievable, in particular by establishing general regulations. It contributes to defining the framework of the organisation of the public authorities and nuclear licensees in the management of emergency situations. The DEU comprises two Offices: “Safety and Preparedness for Emergency Situations” and “Environment and Prevention of Detrimental Effects”. ҄ The Legal Affairs Department (DAJ) provides consulting, analysis and assessment and assistance services on legal matters. It assists the various departments and the regional divisions with drafting ASN standards and analyses the consequences of new texts and new reforms on ASN’s actions. It takes part in drawing up ASN’s enforcement and sanctions doctrine. It defends ASN’s interests before administrative and judicial courts, jointly with the entities concerned. It takes part in the legal training of staff and in coordinating regulations steering committees. ҄ The Information, Communication and Digital Usages Department (DIN) implements the ASN information and communication policy in the fields of nuclear safety and radiation protection. It coordinates communication and information actions targeting different audiences, with a focus on handling requests for documentation, making ASN’s position known and explaining regulations. It is responsible for the IT infrastructure, for overseeing the digital transformation and the development of digital services for the parties concerned and the ASN audiences. The DIN comprises 124 ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2019 ׎ ٲ א THE PRINCIPLES OF NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION AND THE REGULATION AND OVERSIGHT STAKEHOLDERS