Abstracts ASN Report 2019

³ɯǣɎɿƺȸǼƏȇƳ Ļĸ ŅĴŁĶłі Ŋļņņ ļŁŇĸŅĺłʼnĸŅŁŀĸŁŇĴĿ łŀŀļņņļłŁё ŊĻļĶĻ ļŁʼnłĿʼnĸņ several competent national authorities at the national and Prefect level, met at the Strasbourg division on ӅӊׇĴŁķ ӅӋׇ ĴŌ ӅӃӄӌ . With regard to ASN, this Commission involves both the head office departments and the ASN Lyon and Strasbourg regional divisions. Ł ӅӈׇĴŁķ ӅӉׇ ŃŅļĿ ӅӃӄӌ ё ŇĻĸ ĴŁŁňĴĿ ŅĴŁĶłі Ŋļņņ ŀĸĸŇļŁĺ łĹ the Nuclear Emergency Experts Group (GECN) was held to look at the problems of preparedness for and responses to emergency ņļŇňĴŇļłŁņ ĴŅļņļŁĺ ĹŅłŀ ĹĴĶļĿļŇļĸņ ĿłĶĴŇĸķ ĶĿłņĸ Ňł ŇĻĸ ŅĴŁĶłі Swiss border. Ł Ӈׇ ňŁĸ ӅӃӄӌ ׇŇĻĸ ĴŁŁňĴĿ ŇŅļŃĴŅŇļŇĸ ŀĸĸŇļŁĺ ŊĴņ ĻĸĿķ ĴŇ ŇĻĸ ňŅłŃĸĴŁ ŅĺĴŁļōĴŇļłŁ ĹłŅ ňĶĿĸĴŅ ĸņĸĴŅĶĻ Ҏ ҏё ĴŁ ļŁŇĸŅŁĴĿ łŅĺĴŁļņĴŇļłŁ ŊļŇĻ ĹĴĶļĿļŇļĸņ ļŁ ĵłŇĻ ŅĴŁĶĸ ĴŁķ ŊļŇōĸŅĿĴŁķє Ł addition, under the terms of its cooperation agreement with the Ŋļņņ ĸķĸŅĴĿ ĹĹļĶĸ łĹ ňĵĿļĶ ĸĴĿŇĻ Ҏ ҏ ŇĻĸ ŌłŁ ŅĸĺļłŁĴĿ division carried out two joint inspections of the CERN with the ё łŁĸ łŁ ĹļŅĸ ņĴĹĸŇŌё ŇĻĸ łŇĻĸŅ łŁ ŅĴķļłĿłĺļĶĴĿ łŃŇļŀļņĴŇļłŁ of works during the second long shutdown of the accelerators complex. ד ِ א ³z ƫǣǼƏɎƺȸƏǼ ƏɀɀǣɀɎƏȇƬƺ ƏƬɎǣȒȇɀ ASN responds to these approaches by means of bilateral actions with the safety regulator of the country concerned, in addition to ŇĻĸ ļŁņŇŅňŀĸŁŇņё ĵłŇĻ ňŅłŃĸĴŁ Ҏ ҏ ĴŁķ ļŁŇĸŅŁĴŇļłŁĴĿ Ҏ ҏє The purpose of this cooperation is to enable the beneficiary countries to acquire the safety culture and transparency that is essential for a national system of nuclear safety and radiation protection oversight. Nuclear safety oversight must be based on national competence and ASN consequently only provides support for the establishment of an adequate national framework, ensuring that the national safety regulator it advises retains full responsibility for its oversight of the nuclear facilities. It pays particular attention to countries acquiring technologies of which ļŇ ĻĴņ ĸŋŃĸŅļĸŁĶĸ ļŁ ŅĴŁĶĸє ASN considers that developing an appropriate safety infrastructure requires a minimum of fifteen years before a nuclear power reactor can begin to operate in good conditions. łŅ ŇĻĸņĸ ĶłňŁŇŅļĸņё ŇĻĸ ĺłĴĿ ļņ Ňł ņĸŇ ňŃ Ĵ ĿĸĺļņĿĴŇļʼnĸ ĹŅĴŀĸŊłŅľ and an independent and competent safety regulator with the financial and human resources it needs to perform its duties and to develop skills in terms of safety, safety culture and oversight Ĵņ ŊĸĿĿ Ĵņ ļŁ ŅĴķļłĿłĺļĶĴĿ ĸŀĸŅĺĸŁĶŌ ŀĴŁĴĺĸŀĸŁŇє Ł ӅӃӄӌё invested in three ICSN projects on behalf of China, Vietnam and Turkey. China In 2019 , ASN continued its mission with the Chinese Authority, National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) and its technical support organisation, Nuclear Safety Center (NSC), by coordinating the second ICSN cooperation programme with ĻļŁĴё ŊĻļĶĻ ņŇĴŅŇĸķ ļŁ ĸĵŅňĴŅŌ ӅӃӄӊё ĹłŅ Ĵ ŃĸŅļłķ łĹ ŇĻŅĸĸ ŌĸĴŅņє The closing meeting of this project took place in Beijing in December 2019 ׇĴŁķ ĸŁĴĵĿĸķ Ňł ŃŅĸņĸŁŇ ĴŁķ with the main recommendations of the mission with regard to radioactive waste management, decommissioning, preparedness for emergency situations, the transport of radioactive substances, fuel reprocessing, seismic evaluation and the development of Research and Development skills in the field of nuclear safety. àǣƺɎȇƏȅ In 2019 , ASN completed its assistance mission for Vietnam to develop the safety, safety culture and oversight capabilities of the Vietnamese nuclear regulator, Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety (VARANS). This three-year assistance project ņŇĴŅŇĸķ ļŁ ĴŌ ӅӃӄӉׇĴŁķ ĸŁķĸķ ļŁ ĴŌ ӅӃӄӌє Ļĸ ĹļŁĴĿ ŀĸĸŇļŁĺ to present the results took place in Hanoi on Ӈׇ ŃŅļĿ ӅӃӄӌ . ASN is also involved in assistance to Vietnam within the ĹŅĴŀĸŊłŅľ łĹ ŇĻĸ є ÁɖȸǸƺɵ In 2019 , ASN continued to coordinate the management of the first assistance programme to Turkey under the INSC, in order to develop the capabilities of the nuclear safety regulator (TAEK) in the fields of probabilistic and deterministic safety assessments, inspections on construction and the manufacture of nuclear components and integrated safety management. This ĴņņļņŇĴŁĶĸ ŃŅłĽĸĶŇё ŊĻļĶĻ ņŇĴŅŇĸķ ļŁ ĴŁňĴŅŌ ӅӃӄӋё ļņ ņĶĻĸķňĿĸķ to last for three years. ד ِ ב ¨ƺȸɀȒȇȇƺǼ ƺɴƬǝƏȇǕƺɀ ƫƺɎɯƺƺȇ ³z ƏȇƳ ǣɎɀ ǔȒȸƺǣǕȇ ƬȒɖȇɎƺȸȵƏȸɎɀ Understanding the working and practices of foreign nuclear safety and radiation protection regulators enables pertinent lessons to be learned for the working of ASN and the training of its personnel. One of the means used to achieve this is to develop personnel exchanges, which can take various forms: Ҋ very short duration actions (a few days) enabling ASN’s counterparts to observe inspections or nuclear and radiological ĸŀĸŅĺĸŁĶŌ ĸŋĸŅĶļņĸņё Ĵņ ŊĴņ ĹłŅ ĸŋĴŀŃĿĸ ŇĻĸ ĶĴņĸ ļŁ ӅӃӄӌׇŊļŇĻ ĸŅŀĴŁŌё ĸĿĺļňŀё ŇĻĸ ŁļŇĸķ ļŁĺķłŀ ĴŁķ ŊļŇōĸŅĿĴŁķђ Ҋ short duration missions (two weeks to six months) to study a precise technical topic; Ҋ long-duration exchanges (one to three years) for immersion in the activities and workings of the nuclear safety regulator and in-depth discussions on subjects of common interest. This type of exchange must whenever possible be reciprocal. Since Ӌׇ ĴŁňĴŅŌ ӅӃӄӋё ĴŁ ņŇĴĹĹ ŀĸŀĵĸŅ ĻĴņ ĵĸĸŁ ņĸĶłŁķĸķ Ňł the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for Ĵ ŃĸŅļłķ łĹ ŇĻŅĸĸ ŌĸĴŅņ ŊĻļĿĸё ņļŁĶĸ ŀļķі ĴŌ ӅӃӄӌё ĴŁ staff member has been working at the ASN Waste, Research ĴĶļĿļŇļĸņ ĴŁķ ňĸĿ ŌĶĿĸ ĴĶļĿļŇļĸņ ķĸŃĴŅŇŀĸŁŇ ĹłŅ Ĵ ŃĸŅļłķ łĹ łŁĸ ŌĸĴŅє Ł ĴķķļŇļłŁё ņļŁĶĸ ӄׇ ĴŁňĴŅŌ ӅӃӄӌё ĴŁ ņĸŁļłŅ inspector has been seconded to the British regulator (ONR). 196 ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2019 ׎ ٲ ה INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS