Abstracts ASN Report 2019

ב ِ ב ِ א XȅȵǼƺȅƺȇɎƏɎǣȒȇ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ƏȵȵȸȒƏƬǝ • 0ɮƺȇɎ ȇȒɎǣǔǣƬƏɎǣȒȇ The licensee of a BNI or the person responsible for the transport of radioactive substances is obliged to notify ASN and, as applicable, the administrative authority, without delay, of any accidents or incidents that occur on account of the operation of that installation or the transport activity and which could significantly prejudice the interests mentioned in Article єׇӈӌӆіӄׇłĹ ŇĻĸ ŁʼnļŅłŁŀĸŁŇ łķĸє Similarly, the party responsible for a nuclear activity must notify any event which could lead to accidental or unintentional expos- ure of persons to ionising radiation and liable to significantly prejudice the protected interests. According to the provisions of the Labour Code, employers are obliged to report significant events affecting their workers. When the head of a facility carrying out a nuclear activity calls in an external contractor or non-salaried worker, the significant events affecting salaried or non-salaried workers are notified in accordance with the prevention plans and the agreements ĶłŁĶĿňķĸķ ŃňŅņňĴŁŇ Ňł ŅŇļĶĿĸ єׇӇӇӈӄіӆӈׇłĹ ŇĻĸ ĴĵłňŅ łķĸє The notifying party assesses the urgency of notification in the light of the confirmed or potential seriousness of the event and the speed of reaction necessary to avoid an aggravation of the situation or to mitigate the consequences of the event. The notification time of two working days, tolerated in the ASN notification guide, does not apply when the consequences of the event require intervention by the public authorities. • ³z ƏȇƏǼɵɀǣɀ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ȇȒɎǣǔǣƬƏɎǣȒȇ ASN analyses the initial notification to check the implementation of immediate corrective measures, to decide whether to conduct an on-site inspection to analyse the event in depth, and to prepare for informing the public if necessary. Within two months of the notification, it is followed by a report indicating the conclusions the licensee has drawn from analysis of the events and the steps it intends to take to improve safety or radiation protection and prevent the event from happening again. This information is taken into account by ASN and its technical support organisation, IRSN, in the drafting of the inspection programme and when performing the BNI periodic safety reviews. ASN ensures that the licensee has analysed the event pertinently, has taken appropriate steps to remedy the situation and prevent it from recurring, and has circulated the operating experience feedback. The ASN review focuses on compliance with the applicable rules for detecting and notifying significant events, the immediate technical, organisational or human measures taken by the licensee to maintain or bring the installation into a safe condition, and the pertinence of the submitted analysis. ASN and IRSN also carry out a more wide-ranging examination of the operating feedback from the events. The significant event reports and the periodic reviews sent by the licensees, as well as the assessment by ASN and IRSN, constitute the basis of operating experience feedback. The examination of operating experience feedback may lead to ASN requests for improvements to the condition of the facilities and the organisation adopted by the licensee, but also to changes to the regulations. ĶłŀŃŅļņĸņ ŇĻĸ ĸʼnĸŁŇņ ŊĻļĶĻ łĶĶňŅ ļŁ ŅĴŁĶĸ ĴŁķ ĴĵŅłĴķ ļŁ ŁňĶĿĸĴŅ ĹĴĶļĿļŇļĸņ łŅ ļŁ ŇĻłņĸ ŃŅĸņĸŁŇļŁĺ ŁłŁіŅĴķļłĿłĺļĶĴĿ ĻĴōĴŅķņё if it is pertinent to take them into account in order to reinforce nuclear safety or radiation protection. TABLE 6 Rating of significant events on the INES scale between 2014 and 2019 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Basic Nuclear Installations (BNIs) Level 0 872 848 847 949 989 1,057 Level 1 99 89 101 87 103 112 Level 2 0 1 0 4 0 3 nƺɮƺǼ ژב ƏȇƳ ڷ 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total BNI 971 938 948 1,040 1,092 1,172 Small-scale nuclear activities (medical and industry) Level 0 157 126 111 144 143 142 Level 1 34 25 30 36 22 35 Level 2 4 2 0 3 0 2 nƺɮƺǼ ژב ƏȇƳ ڷ 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total NPx 195 153 141 183 165 179 Transport of radioactive substances Level 0 60 56 59 64 88 85 Level 1 3 9 5 2 3 4 Level 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 nƺɮƺǼ ژב ƏȇƳ ڷ 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total TSR 63 66 64 66 91 89 Total 1,229 1,157 1,153 1,289 1,348 1,439 ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2019 149 03 ׎ ٲ ב REGULATION OF NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES AND EXPOSURE TO IONISING RADIATION