Abstracts ASN Report 2019

The inspections may be unannounced or notified to the licensee a few weeks before the visit. They take place mainly on the site or during the course of the activities (work, transport operation, etc.). They may also concern the head office departments or design and engineering departments at the major licensees, the workshops or engineering offices of the subcontractors, the construction sites, plants or workshops manufacturing the various safety- related components. ASN uses various types of inspections: Ҋ standard inspections; Ҋ reinforced inspections, which consist in conducting an in-depth examination of a targeted topic by a larger team of inspectors than for a routine inspection; Ҋ in-depth inspections, which take place over several days, concern a number of topics and involve about ten or so inspectors. Their purpose is to carry out detailed examinations and they are overseen by senior inspectors; Ҋ inspections with sampling and measurements. With regard to both discharges and the environment of the facilities, these are designed to check samples that are independent of those taken by the licensee; Ҋ event-based inspections carried out further to a particularly significant event; Ҋ worksite inspections, ensuring a significant ASN presence on the sites on the occasion of reactor outages or particular work, especially in the construction or decommissioning phases; Ҋ inspection campaigns, grouping inspections performed on a large number of similar installations, following a predetermined template. 1. The intervention is the unit representative of the activity traditionally used by the labour inspectorate. Labour inspectorate work in the NPPs entails various types of interventions (1) , which more particularly involve: Ҋ ĶĻĸĶľļŁĺ ĴŃŃĿļĶĴŇļłŁ łĹ ŇĻĸ ĴĵłňŅ łķĸ ĵŌ ĴŁķ łňŇņļķĸ contractors in the NPPs (verification operations that include inspections); Ҋ participation in meetings of the Health, Safety and Working łŁķļŇļłŁņ łŀŀļņņļłŁņ Ҏ ҏё ĶŅĸĴŇĸķ Ĵņ łĹ ӅӃӅӃׇĹłŅ ё of Social and Economics Committees (CSE) and CIESCT (EPR construction site); Ҋ conducting inquiries on request, following complaints or based on information, following which the inspectors may take decisions as specified by the labour regulations, such as cessation of the works or the obligation to have the work equipment verified by an approved organisation. ASN sends the licensee an inspection follow-up letter, published on asn.fr , officially documenting: Ҋ deviations between the situation observed during the inspection and the regulations or documents produced by the licensee pursuant to the regulations; Ҋ anomalies or aspects warranting additional justifications; Ҋ best practices or practices to which improvements could be made, even if not directly constituting requirements. Any non-compliance found during the inspection can lead to administrative or criminal penalties (see point 6.2). Some inspections are carried out with the support of an IRSN representative specialised in the facility checked or the topic of the inspection. ȸɎǣˡƬǣƏǼ ǣȇɎƺǼǼǣǕƺȇƬƺ ɀɵɀɎƺȅ ǔȒȸ ȇɖƬǼƺƏȸ ǣȇɀȵƺƬɎǣȒȇ ƏȇƳ ƏɀɀƺɀɀȅƺȇɎ ٢³ǣƏȇƬƺ٣ As part of its multi-year strategic Plan, ASN initiated work on the digital transformation of nuclear safety inspection. Siance is one of the projects involved in this. The purpose of the project is to take advantage of the data generated by ASN inspections on nuclear sites, contained in nearly 22,000 letters of an average Ȓǔ ɀǣɴ ژ ȵƏǕƺɀِ ɵ ȅƺƏȇɀ Ȓǔ Əȇ ƏȸɎǣǔǣƬǣƏǼ ǣȇɎƺǼǼǣǕƺȇƬƺ method, the goal is to exploit a mine of text information that a human would not be able to analyse, given the technical richness of the content of the letters. In 2018, ASN won the first call for expressions of interest issued by the Interministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs (DINUM) and the Interministerial Directorate for Public Transformation (DITP). In 2019, ǣɎ ژ Ɏǝɖɀ ȸƺƬƺǣɮƺƳ Ɏǝƺ ɀɖȵȵȒȸɎ Ȓǔ ƺɴȵƺȸɎɀ ǔȸȒȅ Ɏǝƺ ƳǣǕǣɎƏǼ world and a budget to develop an algorithm using artificial intelligence. This support concerned both ɎƺƬǝȇǣƬƏǼ ƏȇƳ ȒȸǕƏȇǣɀƏɎǣȒȇƏǼ ƏɀȵƺƬɎɀِ Áǝƺ ژ ǕȒƏǼ ǣɀ ɎȒ exploit the content of these letters in real time. This project should help improve ASN’s inspection policy, in other words lead to greater efficiency with inspections being focused on actions which produce the greatest benefits for safety as well as for the protection of people and the environment. The project took place over 5 months in Agile (*) mode. Assimilating the content of the letters demanded significant resources: nearly 4,000 letters were ƏȇȇȒɎƏɎƺƳ ƫɵ ב ׎׎ ژ ³z ǣȇɀȵƺƬɎȒȸɀ ǔȸȒȅ ׏׏ ȸƺǕǣȒȇƏǼ divisions and 5 technical departments. The initial results from the algorithm are promising and show that the annotation work is already bearing fruit. A user-friendly human-machine interface will be developed. At an organisational level, the project was built around a cross-disciplinary team which required mobilisation of both inspectors and senior management from the departments and regional divisions. Development of the tool will continue and it will be operational in 2020. ١ Áǝƺ ǕǣǼƺ ȅȒƳƺ ٽ Ȓȸ ȅƺɎǝȒƳ پ ȸƺƬȒȅȅƺȇƳɀ ɎǝƏɎ ɀǝȒȸɎ ډ Ɏƺȸȅ ɎƏȸǕƺɎɀ ƫƺ ɀƺɎ٦ ɯǣɎǝ Ɏǝƺ ȵȸȒǴƺƬɎ ƫƺǣȇǕ ƳǣɮǣƳƺƳ ǣȇɎȒ ɀƺɮƺȸƏǼ ɀɖƫ ډ ȵȸȒǴƺƬɎɀ٫ …ȇƬƺ Ɏǝƺ ɎƏȸǕƺɎ ǣɀ ȸƺƏƬǝƺƳ٦ Ȓȇƺ ȅȒɮƺɀ ȒȇɎȒ Ɏǝƺ ȇƺɴɎ Ȓȇƺ ɖȇɎǣǼ Ɏǝƺ ˾ȇƏǼ ǕȒƏǼ ǣɀ ƏƬǝǣƺɮƺƳ٫ Áǝǣɀ ƏȵȵȸȒƏƬǝ ǣɀ ȅȒȸƺ ˿ƺɴǣƫǼƺ٫ ƺƬƏɖɀƺ ǣɎ ǣɀ ǣȅȵȒɀɀǣƫǼƺ ɎȒ ȵȸƺƳǣƬɎ ƏȇƳ ƏȇɎǣƬǣȵƏɎƺ ƺɮƺȸɵɎǝǣȇǕ٦ ǣɎ ǼƺƏɮƺɀ ȸȒȒȅ ǔȒȸ ƬȒȇɎǣȇǕƺȇƬǣƺɀ ƏȇƳ ƬǝƏȇǕƺɀ٫ 144 ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2019 ׎ ٲ ב REGULATION OF NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES AND EXPOSURE TO IONISING RADIATION