Abstracts ASN Report 2019

IRSN publishes twice monthly on its website all the opinions it issues at the request of ASN. These opinions are the synthesis of the expert assessment carried out by IRSN in response to ASN’s request. On subjects of concern that prompt questions on the part of the public or the public actors, ASN and IRSN ensure that their statements are properly coordinated in order to guarantee coherent, clear and consistent information. Alongside this, each year IRSN makes public the results of its research and development programs, with the exception of those concerning National Defence. In the context of a referral from ASN and with ASN consent, IRSN can request the participation of informed audiences, neighbourhood residents, or even the public at large. The IRSN in this case provides them with information that is complete and understandable, and in return notes their subjects of concern and their questions in order to integrate them in the expert assessment work carried out for ASN. א ِ ג ِ ב Áǝƺ nȒƬƏǼ XȇǔȒȸȅƏɎǣȒȇ Ȓȸ xȒȇǣɎȒȸǣȇǕ !ȒȅȅǣɎɎƺƺɀ The CLIs often have a general mandate of monitoring, informing and consultation with regard to nuclear safety and radiation protection. They analyse the impacts on people and the environment of the nuclear activities of the installations of the nuclear sites around which they have been set up (7) . ASN considers that the smooth functioning of the CLIs contrib- utes to safety and it maintains a meaningful dialogue with them. It is attentive to ensuring that the CLIs are as fully informed as possible, including by attending their public meetings. ӊє Ļĸ łŃĸŅĴŇļŁĺ ĹŅĴŀĸŊłŅľ ĹłŅ ŇĻĸ ņ ļņ ķĸ֍Łĸķ ĵŌ ŅŇļĶĿĸņ є ӄӅӈіӄӊׇŇł є ӄӅӈіӆӆׇłĹ ŇĻĸ ŁʼnļŅłŁŀĸŁŇ łķĸ ĴŁķ ĵŌ ĸĶŅĸĸ ӅӃӃӋіӅӈӄׇłĹ ӄӅׇ ĴŅĶĻׇӅӃӃӋ ŅĸĿĴŇļʼnĸ Ňł ŇĻĸ ņ ĹłŅ ŇĻĸ ņё ĴŁķ ĵŌ ĸĶŅĸĸ ӅӃӄӌіӄӌӃׇłĹ ӄӇׇ ĴŅĶĻ ӅӃӄӌׇĶłķļĹŌļŁĺ ŇĻĸ ŃŅłʼnļņļłŁņ ĴŃŃĿļĶĴĵĿĸ Ňł ņё ŇĻĸ ŇŅĴŁņŃłŅŇ łĹ ŅĴķļłĴĶŇļʼnĸ ņňĵņŇĴŁĶĸņ ĴŁķ ŇŅĴŁņŃĴŅĸŁĶŌ ļŁ ŇĻĸ ŁňĶĿĸĴŅ ֍ĸĿķє 8. In the current situation, only the ASN inspectors and the experts accompanying them have an enforceable right of access to the licensee’s facilities. This means that the consent of the licensee is necessary for observers from CLIs to participate in inspections. ŁׇŃĴŅŇŁĸŅņĻļŃ ŊļŇĻ ŁĶĶĿļё ĹłņŇĸŅņ ŇĻĸ ŁĸŇŊłŅľļŁĺ łĹ ŇĻĸ CLI special advisors and gives the CLIs the necessary tools and assistance for them to provide reliable information to “layman” audiences. ASN assisted the CLIs at their request, with inspectors helping them on technical issues and communication supervisors on questions of dissemination of information. The ASN-IRSN exhibition was made available to the CLIs whenever requested. The ASN inspectors can also give the CLI representatives the opportunity to take part in inspections (8) . They motivate the BNI licensees to facilitate CLI access to files of the procedures in which their opinion will be required, and encourage involving the CLIs in the preparation of emergency exercises. In the same spirit, ASN considers that the development of a diversified range of expertise in the nuclear field is essential to enable the CLIs to base their opinions on expert assessments other than those carried out for the licensee or ASN itself. • Áǝƺ !nXɀ ƏȇƳ ǣȇǔȒȸȅǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺ ɮƏȸǣȒɖɀ ƏɖƳǣƺȇƬƺɀ The CLIs organise plenary meetings and set up specialist commissions. The TECV Act obliges each CLI to hold at least one public meeting per year. ASN promotes exchanges of good practices in order to make these public meetings moments of worthwhile discussion and opportunities to contribute to having a well-informed population The majority of the CLIs have a website or have pages on the website of the local authority that supports them; some twenty CLIs publish a newsletter (sometimes as inserts in the news bulletin of a local authority). Áǝƺ ǔɖȇƬɎǣȒȇƏǼ ǔȸƏȅƺɯȒȸǸ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ nȒƬƏǼ XȇǔȒȸȅƏɎǣȒȇ !ȒȅȅǣɎɎƺƺɀ ƏȇƳ Ɏǝƺ ³ǣɎƺ xȒȇǣɎȒȸǣȇǕ !ȒȅȅǣɎɎƺƺɀ The Local Information Committees (CLIs), whose creation is incumbent upon the President of the Departmental Council, comprise various categories of members: representatives of département General Councils, Ȓǔ ژ Ɏǝƺ ژ ȅɖȇǣƬǣȵƏǼ ƬȒɖȇƬǣǼɀ Ȓȸ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ƳƺǼǣƫƺȸƏɎǣɮƺ ƏɀɀƺȅƫǼǣƺɀ of the groups of communities and the Regional Councils concerned, members of Parliament elected in the département , representatives of environmental protection associations or of economic interests and representatives of employee trade union and medical profession union organisations, and qualified ȵƺȸɀȒȇƏǼǣɎǣƺɀِ Áǝƺ ژ ȸƺȵȸƺɀƺȇɎƏɎǣɮƺɀ Ȓǔ ³ɎƏɎƺ ɀƺȸɮǣƬƺɀً ǣȇƬǼɖƳǣȇǕ ³zً ƏȇƳ ژ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ǼǣƬƺȇɀƺƺ ǝƏɮƺ Əȇ ƏɖɎȒȅƏɎǣƬ right to participate in the work of a CLI in an advisory capacity. The TECV Act provides for the participation Ȓǔ ژ ǔȒȸƺǣǕȇ ȅƺȅƫƺȸɀ ǣȇ ژ Ɏǝƺ !nXɀ Ȓǔ ƫȒȸƳƺȸ département s. The CLIs are chaired by the President of the Departmental Council or by an elected official from the département designated by him for this purpose. They receive the information they need to function from the licensee, from ASN and from other State services. They may request expert assessments or have measurements taken on the installation’s discharges into the environment. All Basic Nuclear Installation (BNI) sites have a CLI, except for the Ionisos facility in Dagneux in the Ain département . The CLIs are funded by the regional authorities, and ƫɵ ژ ³z ɯǝǣƬǝ ƳƺɮȒɎƺɀ ƏƫȒɖɎ ڡ ׏ِ ژדא ȅǣǼǼǣȒȇ ȵƺȸ ɵƺƏȸ ɎȒ ژ Ɏǝƺ financial support of the CLIs and their national federation, Anccli. Within the framework of its reflections on the ǔǣȇƏȇƬǣȇǕ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ȒɮƺȸɀǣǕǝɎ Ȓǔ ȇɖƬǼƺƏȸ ɀƏǔƺɎɵ ƏȇƳ ژ ȸƏƳǣƏɎǣȒȇ protection, ASN regularly suggests to the Government Ɏǝƺ ƏȵȵǼǣƬƏɎǣȒȇ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ȵȸȒɮǣɀǣȒȇ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ Á³z ƬɎ Ȓǔ ׏ ژב hɖȇƺ א ׎׎ ה ً ɎȒ ƏƳƳ ɎȒ Ɏǝƺ ƫɖƳǕƺɎ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ !nXɀ ɯǣɎǝ ژ ƏɀɀȒƬǣƏɎǣȒȇ status (there are about ten of them) with a matching contribution of funds drawn from the BNI Tax. With regard to former nuclear sites, research laboratories and waste treatment sites, Site Monitoring Commissions (CSS) are gradually replacing the Local Information and Monitoring Committees (CLIS) in application of Ɏǝƺ (ƺƬȸƺƺ Ȓǔ ژו IƺƫȸɖƏȸɵ א ׎׏ א (*) . Providing frameworks for discussion and information concerning the actions of the licensees of the targeted installations, Ɏǝƺɵ ژ ȵȸȒȅȒɎƺ Ɏǝƺ ǣȇǔȒȸȅǣȇǕ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ȵɖƫǼǣƬِ Áǝƺɵ Əȸƺً ǔȒȸ ژ ƺɴƏȅȵǼƺً ǸƺȵɎ ǣȇǔȒȸȅƺƳ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ǣȇƬǣƳƺȇɎɀ ƏȇƳ ƏƬƬǣƳƺȇɎɀ ƏǔǔƺƬɎǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺ ǣȇɀɎƏǼǼƏɎǣȒȇɀ ٫ƏȇƳ ƺɮƺȇ Ȓǔ installation creation, extension or modification projects. ASN is invited to the meetings of the monitoring committees for defence sites and former mining sites. ١ Xȇ ƏȵȵǼǣƬƏɎǣȒȇ Ȓǔ ȸɎǣƬǼƺ n٫ ת ׫׮ ډ ׫ ڳתډ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ 0ȇɮǣȸȒȇȅƺȇɎ !ȒƳƺ٫ 182 ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2019 ׎ ٲ ד INFORMING THE PUBLIC AND OTHER AUDIENCES