Abstracts ASN Report 2019

The EIT reported to ASN are primarily deviations relating to incorrect labelling of packages, the absence of transport documents, delivery errors and the discovery of foreign objects in empty packagings used to transport spent fuel. These foreign objects are discovered during packaging maintenance operations. The analysis of these events shows that, should these foreign objects be larger or of a different nature, radiolysis or criticality phenomena may occur in certain conditions. ASN therefore requested that the licensees maintain particular vigilance when preparing for and loading fuel in the packagings. ג ِ ב ¨ƏȸɎǣƬǣȵƏɎǣȒȇ ǣȇ ƳȸƏɯǣȇǕ ɖȵ Ɏǝƺ ȸƺǕɖǼƏɎǣȒȇɀ ƏȵȵǼǣƬƏƫǼƺ ɎȒ Ɏǝƺ ɎȸƏȇɀȵȒȸɎ Ȓǔ ȸƏƳǣȒƏƬɎǣɮƺ ɀɖƫɀɎƏȇƬƺɀ ג ِ ב ِ׏ ¨ƏȸɎǣƬǣȵƏɎǣȒȇ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ ɯȒȸǸ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ X 0 ŅĸŃŅĸņĸŁŇņ ŅĴŁĶĸ łŁ ŇĻĸ ŅĴŁņŃłŅŇ ĴĹĸŇŌ ŇĴŁķĴŅķņ Committee (TRANSSC) which brings together experts from all countries in order to review the draft IAEA safety standards constituting the basis of regulations concerning the transport łĹ ŅĴķļłĴĶŇļʼnĸ ņňĵņŇĴŁĶĸņє łŅ ĸŋĴŀŃĿĸё ŊļŇĻ Ĵ ʼnļĸŊ Ňł ĶłŁņŇĴŁŇ improvement of safety levels, ASN played an active part in drafting ŇĻĸ ӅӃӄӋׇĸķļŇļłŁ łĹ ŇĻļņ ķłĶňŀĸŁŇё іӉё Ĵ ŅĸŁĶĻ ŇŅĴŁņĿĴŇļłŁ łĹ ŊĻļĶĻ ĻĴņ ĵĸĸŁ ĴʼnĴļĿĴĵĿĸ ņļŁĶĸ ŀļķіӅӃӄӌє Ļĸ ŃňĵĿļĶĴŇļłŁ łĹ ŇĻĸ IAEA Safety Guide “Advisory Material for the IAEA Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material” (SSG-26) is expected in 2020. ג ِ ב ِ א ¨ƏȸɎǣƬǣȵƏɎǣȒȇ ǣȇ ƳȸƏǔɎǣȇǕ Ȓǔ ȇƏɎǣȒȇƏǼ ȸƺǕɖǼƏɎǣȒȇɀ ŇĴľĸņ ŃĴŅŇ ļŁ ŇĻĸ ķŅĴĹŇļŁĺ łĹ ŅĸŁĶĻ ŅĸĺňĿĴŇļłŁņ ŅĸĿĴŇļʼnĸ to the transport of radioactive substances. These regulations ŀĴļŁĿŌ ĶłŁņļņŇ łĹ ŇĻĸ ŅķĸŅ łĹ Ӆӌׇ ĴŌ ӅӃӃӌׇĴŁķ ŇĻĸ ŅķĸŅņ łĹ Ӆӆׇ łʼnĸŀĵĸŅ ӄӌӋӊׇĶłŁĶĸŅŁļŁĺ ŇĻĸ ņĴĹĸŇŌ łĹ ņĻļŃņ ĴŁķ łĹ ӄӋׇ ňĿŌׇӅӃӃӃ ĶłŁĶĸŅŁļŁĺ ŇĻĸ ŇŅĴŁņŃłŅŇ ĴŁķ ĻĴŁķĿļŁĺ łĹ ķĴŁĺĸŅłňņ materials in sea ports. In this respect, ASN sits on the CITMD that is consulted for its opinion on any draft regulations concerning the transport of dangerous goods by rail, road or inland waterway. ASN is also consulted by the Ministry responsible for transport when a modification of the three Orders mentioned above can have an impact on the transport of radioactive substances. Ł ӅӃӄӌё ŇĻňņ ļņņňĸķ ĴŁ łŃļŁļłŁ łŁ Ĵ ķŅĴĹŇ ŅķĸŅ ŀłķļĹŌļŁĺ ŇĻĸ ŅķĸŅņ łĹ Ӆӆׇ łʼnĸŀĵĸŅ ӄӌӋӊׇĴŁķ Ӆӌׇ ĴŌ ӅӃӃӌє łŅĸłʼnĸŅё ļŁ ӅӃӄӌё ĴĹŇĸŅ ĶłŁņļķĸŅļŁĺ ŇĻĸ łŃļŁļłŁņ łĹ ŇĻĸ ё ASN renewed its approval of the Bureau Veritas Exploitation organisation for performance of conformity checks and the issuing of type approvals for tankers designed to transport ŅĴķļłĴĶŇļʼnĸ ņňĵņŇĴŁĶĸņё Ĵņ ŊĸĿĿ Ĵņ ļŇņ ĴŃŃŅłʼnĴĿ łĹ ŇĻĸ łŅŀі ķļŇ organisation for training drivers of road vehicles carrying radioactive substances. ļŁĴĿĿŌё ŇĻĸ ŅĸĺňĿĴŇłŅŌ ĹŅĴŀĸŊłŅľ ĹłŅ ŇĻĸ ŃŅłŇĸĶŇļłŁ łĹ ŅĴķļłĴĶŇļʼnĸ substances against malicious acts, excluding nuclear materials already covered by a specific regulation, was reinforced in ӅӃӄӌѓ ĸŁņňŅĸķ ŇĻĴŇ ŇŅĴŁņŃłŅŇ łŃĸŅĴŇļłŁņё ķňŅļŁĺ ŊĻļĶĻ ŇĻĸ substances are particularly vulnerable, were suitably incorporated ļŁŇł ŇĻĸ ŅķĸŅ łĹ Ӆӌׇ łʼnĸŀĵĸŅ ӅӃӄӌׇĶłŁĶĸŅŁļŁĺ ŇĻĸ ŃŅłŇĸĶŇļłŁ of ionising radiation sources and batches of radioactive sources of categories A, B, C and D against malicious acts. ¨ɖƫǼǣƬ ƳƺƫƏɎƺ Ȓȇ IȸƺȇƬǝ zƏɎǣȒȇƏǼ «ƏƳǣȒƏƬɎǣɮƺ xƏɎƺȸǣƏǼ ƏȇƳ áƏɀɎƺ xƏȇƏǕƺȅƺȇɎ ¨ǼƏȇ ٢¨zJx(«٣ٕ ɎȸƏȇɀȵȒȸɎ Ȓǔ ȸƏƳǣȒƏƬɎǣɮƺ ɀɖƫɀɎƏȇƬƺɀ For the drafting of the new version of the PNGMDR, the National Public Debates Commission (CNDP) organised Ə ȅƺƺɎǣȇǕ ǣȇ «Ȓɖƺȇ Ȓȇ ژג hɖǼɵ א ׎׏ ژח ƳƺɮȒɎƺƳ ɎȒ Ɏǝƺ ɎȒȵǣƬ of radioactive substances transport. After a presentation of the regulations by ASN and the Defence and Security High Official (HFDS) from the Ministry responsible for energy, followed by an implementation example at Orano, the discussions with the public mainly concerned: ཛྷ the inherent robustness of the packages; ཛྷ the severity of the regulation tests with regard to the foreseeable accidents; ཛྷ the inspections carried out by ASN; ཛྷ management of accidents and the response by the public authorities; ཛྷ transport safety; ཛྷ responsibilities of the various transport players. א ׎׏ ژז ƺƳǣɎǣȒȇ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ X 0 ژ ³ƏǔƺɎɵ «ƺȷɖǣȸƺȅƺȇɎ Ȓȇ Ɏǝƺ ȸƏƳǣȒƏƬɎǣɮƺ ȅƏɎƺȸǣƏǼɀ ɎȸƏȇɀȵȒȸɎ ȸƺǕɖǼƏɎǣȒȇɀ ٢³³« הٮ ٣ Áǝƺ ȅƏǣȇ ƬǝƏȇǕƺɀ ǣȇɎȸȒƳɖƬƺƳ ǣȇɎȒ Ɏǝƺ א ׎׏ ژז ƺƳǣɎǣȒȇ of the transport regulations by comparison ɯǣɎǝ Ɏǝƺ ȵȸƺɮǣȒɖɀ א ׎׏ ژא ƺƳǣɎǣȒȇً ƬȒȇƬƺȸȇ ي ཛྷ improved management of the packages used both for carriage and storage operations (dual-purpose cask or DPC); ཛྷ the creation of SCO-III objects for the transport of unpackaged voluminous items; ཛྷ greater account being taken of ageing when designing packages; ཛྷ reinforced protection of the plugs of UF 6 ژ ƬɵǼǣȇƳƺȸɀٕ ཛྷ abandonment of the leaching test for LSA-III materials. ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2019 273 ׎ ٲ ח TRANSPORT OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES 09