Abstracts ASN Report 2019

by road, rail and inland waterways. It has a consultative body ҂ ŁŇĸŅŀļŁļņŇĸŅļĴĿ ĴōĴŅķłňņ ĴŇĸŅļĴĿņ ŅĴŁņŃłŅŇ łŀŀļŇŇĸĸ (CITMD)– that is consulted for its opinion on any draft regulations relative to the transport of dangerous goods by rail, road or inland waterway. Inspections in the field are carried out by land transport inspectors attached to the Regional Directorates for the Environment, Planning and Housing (Dreals). łŅ ŇĻĸ ŅĸĺňĿĴŇļłŁ łĹ ķĴŁĺĸŅłňņ ĺłłķņ Ňł ĵĸ Ĵņ ĶłŁņļņŇĸŁŇ Ĵņ possible overall, ASN collaborates regularly with the authorities concerned. Ł ӅӃӅӃё Ĵņ ŊĴņ ŇĻĸ ĶĴņĸ ļŁ ӅӃӄӌё ŊļĿĿ ŇĴľĸ ŃĴŅŇ ļŁ ŇĻĸ ŇŅĴļŁļŁĺ of General Directorate for Civil Aviation (DGAC) staff responsible ĹłŅ ŇĻĸ ļŁņŃĸĶŇļłŁ łĹ ĴļŅ ŇŅĴŁņŃłŅŇ łĹ ĻĴōĴŅķłňņ ĺłłķņ ļŁ łŅķĸŅ Ňł ŃŅĸņĸŁŇ ŇĻĸ ņŃĸĶļĹļĶļŇļĸņ łĹ ĶĿĴņņ ӊׇĴŁķ Ňł ņĻĴŅĸ ĸŋŃĸŅļĸŁĶĸ feedback from ASN’s inspections on these subjects. The breakdown of the various regulatory missions is summarised in Table 3. ׭٫ ڲ ASN action in the transport of radioactive substances ג ِ׏ XɀɀɖƏȇƬƺ Ȓǔ ƏȵȵȸȒɮƏǼ ƬƺȸɎǣǔǣƬƏɎƺɀ ƏȇƳ ɀǝǣȵȅƺȇɎ ƏȵȵȸȒɮƏǼɀ The type B and C packages, as well as the packages containing ĹļņņļĿĸ ŀĴŇĸŅļĴĿņ ĴŁķ ŇĻłņĸ ĶłŁŇĴļŁļŁĺ ŀłŅĸ ŇĻĴŁ ӃєӄׇľļĿłĺŅĴŀŀĸ łĹ 6 ׇŀňņŇ ĵĸ ĶłʼnĸŅĸķ ĵŌ ĴŁ ĴŃŃŅłʼnĴĿ ĶĸŅŇļĹļĶĴŇĸє Ļĸ ķĸņļĺŁĸŅņ of the package models who request approval from ASN must support their application with a safety case demonstrating the compliance of their package with all the regulatory requirements. Before deciding whether or not to issue an approval certificate, ASN reviews these safety cases, drawing on the expertise of IRSN, in order to ensure that the safety cases are pertinent and conclusive. If necessary, the approval certificate is issued with requests in order to further improve the safety cases. In some cases the IRSN appraisal is supplemented by a meeting of the ASN Advisory Committee for Transports (GPT). The opinions of the Advisory Committees are always published on asn.fr . The approval certificate specifies the conditions for the manufacture, utilisation and maintenance of the transport package. It is issued for a package model, independently of the actual shipment itself, for which no prior ASN opinion is generally required. This shipment may however be subject to restrictions or specific conditions for security reasons (physical protection of the materials against malicious acts under the supervision of the łĹ ŇĻĸ ļŁļņŇŅŌ ĹłŅ ŇĻĸ ŁʼnļŅłŁŀĸŁŇҏє These approval certificates are usually issued for a period of five years. If a package is unable to meet all the regulatory requirements, the regulations nonetheless allow for its transport by means of a shipment under special arrangement. The consignor must then define compensatory measures to ensure a level of safety equivalent to that which would have been obtained had the ŅĸĺňĿĴŇłŅŌ ŅĸńňļŅĸŀĸŁŇņ ĵĸĸŁ ŀĸŇє łŅ ĸŋĴŀŃĿĸё ļĹ ļŇ ĶĴŁŁłŇ ĵĸ completely demonstrated that a package is able to withstand the ӌŀ ķŅłŃё Ĵ ĶłŀŃĸŁņĴŇłŅŌ ŀĸĴņňŅĸ ŀĴŌ ĵĸ Ňł ŅĸķňĶĸ ŇĻĸ ņŃĸĸķ of the vehicle, have it escorted and choose a route avoiding such a drop height. The probability of a serious accident, and thus of a violent shock on the package, is thus considerably reduced. A shipment under special arrangement is only possible with the approval of the competent authority, which then issues approval for shipment under special arrangement, stipulating the compensatory measures to be applied. In the case of certificates issued abroad, the international regu- lations provide for their recognition by ASN. In certain cases, this recognition is automatic and the foreign certificate is directly ʼnĴĿļķ ļŁ ŅĴŁĶĸє Ł łŇĻĸŅ ĶĴņĸņё ŇĻĸ ĹłŅĸļĺŁ ĶĸŅŇļĹļĶĴŇĸ ļņ łŁĿŌ valid if endorsed by ASN, which then issues a new certificate. Ł ӅӃӄӌё ӆӋׇĴŃŃŅłʼnĴĿ ĴŃŃĿļĶĴŇļłŁņ ŊĸŅĸ ņňĵŀļŇŇĸķ Ňł ĵŌ ŇĻĸ manufacturers. ķĸĿļʼnĸŅĸķ ӆӇׇĴŃŃŅłʼnĴĿ ĶĸŅŇļĹļĶĴŇĸņ łŅ ņĻļŃŀĸŁŇ ĴŃŃŅłʼnĴĿņё ĹłŅ which the breakdown by type is shown in Graph 2. The nature of the transport operations and packages concerned by these approval certificates is shown in Graph 3. Ł ӅӃӄӌё ŁŇĸŅŁĴŇļłŁĴĿ ĵĸĺĴŁ ķĸʼnĸĿłŃŀĸŁŇ ŊłŅľ łŁ Ĵ ŁĸŊ packaging, called TN Eagle, designed for exclusive-use land and sea transport of spent fuel assemblies, as well as for their interim ņŇłŅĴĺĸє Ň ŇĻĸ ĸŁķ łĹ ӅӃӄӌё ļņņňĸķ Ĵ ĹĴʼnłňŅĴĵĿĸ łŃļŁļłŁ łŁ the safety options for this new package model, in the light of the ŁĸŊ ŃŅłʼnļņļłŁņ łĹ ŇĻĸ ӅӃӄӋׇĸķļŇļłŁ łĹ ѡņ іӉׇŅĸĺňĿĴŇļłŁņє In 2020, it will examine the approval application received at the ĸŁķ łĹ ĸĶĸŀĵĸŅ ӅӃӄӌє ג ِ א xȒȇǣɎȒȸǣȇǕ ƏǼǼ Ɏǝƺ ɀɎƏǕƺɀ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ Ǽǣǔƺ Ȓǔ Ə ȵƏƬǸƏǕƺ ASN performs inspections at all the stages in the life of a package: from manufacture and maintenance of a packaging, to package preparation, shipment and reception. Ł ӅӃӄӌё ĶĴŅŅļĸķ łňŇ ӌӄׇļŁņŃĸĶŇļłŁņ ļŁ ŇĻĸ ĹļĸĿķ łĹ ŅĴķļłĴĶŇļʼnĸ substances transport (all sectors considered). The follow-up letters to these inspections are available on asn.fr . ג ِ א ِ׏ «ƺǕɖǼƏɎǣȒȇ Ȓǔ ȵƏƬǸƏǕƺ ȅƏȇɖǔƏƬɎɖȸǣȇǕ The manufacture of transport packaging is subject to the regulations applicable to the transport of radioactive substances. The manufacturer is responsible for producing packagings in accordance with the specifications of the safety case, demonstrating regulatory compliance of the corresponding package model. To do this, it implements a quality management system covering all the operations from procurement of parts and ŀĴŇĸŅļĴĿņ ňŃ Ňł ĹļŁĴĿ ļŁņŃĸĶŇļłŁņє ňŅŇĻĸŅŀłŅĸё ŇĻĸ ŀĴŁňĹĴĶŇňŅĸŅ must be able to prove to ASN that it complies with the regulatory provisions and, in particular, that the as-built packagings are compliant with the specifications of the safety case. The inspections carried out by ASN in this field aim to ensure that the manufacturer satisfactorily fulfils its responsibilities. Ł ӅӃӄӌё ĶĴŅŅļĸķ łňŇ ņļŋ ļŁņŃĸĶŇļłŁņ łŁ ŇĻĸ ŀĴŁňĹĴĶŇňŅļŁĺ of various packagings for which ASN had issued an approval certificate, at various steps in the manufacturing process: welding, final assembly, manufacturing completion checks, assembly of internals (for immobilising the contents) and so on. During these inspections, ASN reviews the quality management procedures implemented for the manufacture of a packaging on the basis of the design data and verifies their effective implementation. ASN ensures that the inspections performed by or on behalf of the manufacturer and any known manufacturing deviations are documented. It also visits the manufacturing shops to check the package components storage conditions, the calibration of the inspection instruments and compliance 266 ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2019 ׎ ٲ ח TRANSPORT OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES