Abstracts ASN Report 2019

In each of these areas, the groups defined “reference levels” for each technical topic, based on the most recent standards from IAEA and on the strictest approaches adopted in the EU. Ł ӅӃӄӌё ĻĸĿķ ŇŊł ŃĿĸŁĴŅŌ ŀĸĸŇļŁĺņѓ ļŁ ŃŅļĿ ļŁ ňķĴŃĸņŇ and in October in Basel. These meetings notably led to: Ҋ ĴŃŃŅłʼnĴĿ łĹ ѡņ ӄӃׇņŇŅĴŇĸĺļĶ ĺłĴĿņё Ĵņ ŊĸĿĿ Ĵņ łĹ ļŇņ ŀļņņļłŁņ ĹłŅ ŇĻĸ ŃĸŅļłķ ӅӃӄӌіӅӃӅӆё ķĸĹļŁĸķ łŁ ŇĻĸ ĵĴņļņ łĹ the global civil nuclear outlook; Ҋ the adoption of a report concerning the nuclear security-safety interface; Ҋ an examination of the proposed topics which could be the subject of the next thematic peer review scheduled for ӅӃӅӆׇňŁķĸŅ ŇĻĸ ňŅłŃĸĴŁ ļŅĸĶŇļʼnĸ łŁ ŇĻĸ ĴĹĸŇŌ łĹ ňĶĿĸĴŅ ĴĶļĿļŇļĸņђ Ҋ approval of a report concerning the practical elimination of severe accident scenarios applied to the design of new reactors. In addition, at its final plenary meeting of the year, WENRA elected Olivier Gupta, ASN Director General, as the new Chairman of the association for the next three years, in place of Hans Wanner, Director General of ENSI, the Swiss nuclear safety regulator. א ِ ח Áǝƺ ƏɀɀȒƬǣƏɎǣȒȇ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ RƺƏƳɀ Ȓǔ 0ɖȸȒȵƺƏȇ «ƏƳǣȒǼȒǕǣƬƏǼ ¨ȸȒɎƺƬɎǣȒȇ !ȒȅȵƺɎƺȇɎ ɖɎǝȒȸǣɎǣƺɀ ٢R0«! ٣ ŊĴņ ĶŅĸĴŇĸķ ļŁ ӅӃӃӊׇĴŇ ŇĻĸ ļŁļŇļĴŇļʼnĸ łĹ ļŁ łŅķĸŅ to organise close consultation between these authorities and to advance harmonisation and regulation in the field of radiation ŃŅłŇĸĶŇļłŁє Ň ŁłŊ ĶłŀŃŅļņĸņ ӈӋׇ ňŇĻłŅļŇļĸņё ӆӅׇłĹ ŊĻļĶĻ Ķłŀĸ from European countries. ASN is responsible for the technical secretariat. Six working groups are currently working on the following themes: Ҋ practices and sources in the research and industrial fields; Ҋ medical applications of ionising radiation; Ҋ preparedness for and management of emergency situations; Ҋ veterinary applications; Ҋ natural radiation sources; Ҋ education and training. HERCA is preparing a strategy document for the period 2020-2025, with its main focus being reinforced cooperation between the radiation protection competent authorities. This first of all requires improved (joint) knowledge of the various national approaches, in order to be in a position to harmonise 2. TACIS:Technical Assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent States (European Union programme to provide aid to the countries of the former USSR). the regulatory approaches. In 2020, HERCA will be more particularly involved in analysing ICRP documents concerning changes to radiation protection standards in order to identify areas warranting specific attention for changes to the regulations. א ِ׏׎ Áǝƺ 0ɖȸȒȵƺƏȇ !ȒȅȅǣɀɀǣȒȇ ټ ɀ ƏɀɀǣɀɎƏȇƬƺ ȵȸȒǕȸƏȅȅƺɀ ɖȇƳƺȸ Ɏǝƺ Xz³! Ł ӄӌӌӄё ŇĻĸ ňŅłŃĸĴŁ łŀŀļņņļłŁ ĿĴňŁĶĻĸķ ŇĻĸ ѢŁňĶĿĸĴŅ ņĴĹĸŇŌѣ part of the TACIS programme (2) to address the concerns raised by ŇĻĸ ĻĸŅŁłĵŌĿ ĴĶĶļķĸŁŇє Ņłŀ ӄӌӌӄׇŇł ӅӃӃӉё ŀłŅĸ ŇĻĴŁ ҫӄєӆׇĵļĿĿļłŁ were committed to nuclear safety projects. Since 2007, the actions of the EU with regard to assistance and cooperation in the field of nuclear safety have continued under the Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation (INSC). Three priority areas for assistance to the countries of Eastern Europe were defined under these programmes in the field of nuclear safety: Ҋ help improve the operational safety of the existing reactors; Ҋ financially support the improvement measures that can be taken in the short term on the less safe reactors; Ҋ improve the organisation of safety oversight by identifying the responsibilities of the various entities involved and reinforcing the role and the competences of the national nuclear safety authorities. Owing to the European budgetary restrictions, Regulation 237/2014/Euratom of the European Parliament and Council of ӄӆׇ ĸĶĸŀĵĸŅ ӅӃӄӆׇŅĸʼnļņĸķ ŇĻĸ ĵňķĺĸŇ ĸŁʼnĸĿłŃĸ ҎҫӅӅӈєӆ ŀļĿĿļłŁҏ Áǝƺ ³z (ǣȸƺƬɎȒȸ JƺȇƺȸƏǼً…Ǽǣɮǣƺȸ JɖȵɎƏً ƺǼƺƬɎƺƳ !ǝƏǣȸȅƏȇ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ á0z« ƏɀɀȒƬǣƏɎǣȒȇ Olivier Gupta, Director General of ASN, has been elected Chair of WENRA (Western European Nuclear Regulators’ Association) by his European peers. Involved in the work of this association since the early 2000’s, Olivier Gupta chaired the WENRA working group responsible for harmonising reactor safety ǔȸȒȅ א ׎׎ ژו ɎȒ א ׎׏׏ِ Áǝǣɀ ǕȸȒɖȵ ȇȒɎƏƫǼɵ ȵȸȒƳɖƬƺƳ the post-Fukushima stress test specifications. Under his chairmanship, ASN aims to reinforce the unique international character of WENRA, which notably relies on informal discussions and strong commitment by each of its members to harmonise safety requirements. The challenges associated with the ASN mandate will be to implement the new strategy adopted by WENRA, more specifically: ཛྷ continued development and updating of the “reference levels”, with a broadened view of safety, notably taking account of the interfaces between safety and security; ཛྷ development, beyond the “reference levels”, of new tools to harmonise the positions of the nuclear safety regulators on high-stakes issues; ཛྷ opening up of WENRA to non-European nuclear countries (Canada, Japan) with the status of associate member, as was the case with Russia at WENRA’s last plenary meeting of the year. xƺƺɎǣȇǕ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ R0«! !ȒɖȇƬǣǼ ǣȇ «Ȓȅƺ ٫…ƬɎȒƫƺȸ א ׎׏ ח ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2019 189 ׎ ٲ ה INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 06