Abstracts ASN Report 2019

• is based on recommendations issued by the IAEA, which are already in effect in other countries, notably in Europe; • adopts a graded approach, with the organisational or technical arrangements being reinforced proportionately to the danger represented by the source(s) to be protected; • comprises interim provisions of up to two years, enabling the facilities or carriers concerned to define, plan and then implement these new requirements. ׏ِ ב ³z «ƺɀȒǼɖɎǣȒȇɀ 1.3.1 Radiation protection ASN resolution 2018-DC-0649 of 18 October 2018 pursuant to ӅխׇłĹ ŅŇļĶĿĸ єӄӆӆӆіӄӃӌ ĴŁķ ĴŅŇļĶĿĸ єӄӆӆӆіӄӄӃ łĹ ŇĻĸ ňĵĿļĶ Health Code, defining the list of nuclear activities subject to notification and the information to be mentioned in these notifications This resolution extended the scope of activities subject to notification, more particularly incorporating certain activities using sealed radioactive sources, and set out the generic procedures to be followed so that the activity or equipment could benefit from this system. The activities concerned are grouped into four main areas: • nuclear activities employing devices for medical purposes; • nuclear activities in the industrial, veterinary or research fields involving electrical generators of ionising radiation; • nuclear activities in the industrial or research fields involving sealed radioactive sources or devices containing them; • activities carried out by third parties relating to the rehabilitation of sites and soils contaminated by radioactive substances. This resolution also repeals the old resolutions concerning the ŁłŇļĹļĶĴŇļłŁ ņŌņŇĸŀ ҎŅĸņłĿňŇļłŁņ ӅӃӃӌі іӃӄӇӉё ӅӃӃӌі іӃӄӇӋё ӅӃӃӌі іӃӄӉӅё ӅӃӄӄі іӃӅӈӅё ӅӃӄӈі іӃӈӆӄҏє Ļĸ ŅĸņłĿňŇļłŁ ĶĴŀĸ ļŁŇł ĹłŅĶĸ łŁ ӄ ĴŁňĴŅŌ ӅӃӄӌє ŁŇļĿ ņňĶĻ Ňļŀĸ as they expire and if there is no modification to the nuclear activity, the existing authorisations prior to this date take the place of the notification required by the resolution. ASN resolution 2019-DC-0660 of 15 January 2019 setting the quality assurance obligations in medical imaging using ionising radiation This resolution defines the quality assurance obligations for medical imaging involving ionising radiation, that is to say in nuclear medicine for diagnostic purposes, in dental and conventional radiology, in computed tomography and for fluoroscopy-guided interventional practices. It obliges the person responsible for the nuclear activity to define a quality management system and to provide details: • about the processes, procedures and work instructions associated with operational implementation of the two general radiation protection principles, namely justification of procedures and optimisation of doses; • about the experience feedback process, by reinforcing the recording and analysis of events that could lead to accidental or unintentional exposure of persons during medical imaging procedures. !ȒƳǣˡƬƏɎǣȒȇ ƏȇƳ ɖȵƳƏɎǣȇǕ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ƳƺƬȸƺƺɀ ƬȒȇƬƺȸȇǣȇǕ zXɀ ƏȇƳ ɎȸƏȇɀȵƏȸƺȇƬɵ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ ȇɖƬǼƺƏȸ ˡƺǼƳ (ƺƬȸƺƺ א ׎׏ ٮח ׏ ח ׎ ژ Ȓǔ ׏ ژג xƏȸƬǝ א ׎׏ ژח ƬȒȇɀɎǣɎɖɎƺɀ Ɏǝƺ regulatory part of the Environment Code more specifically concerning ASN, BNIs, the transport of radioactive substances and the system of inspection and sanctions with respect to these installations and activities. The Decree codifies and updates the following decrees: ཛྷ (ƺƬȸƺƺ א ׎׎ בזٮו ׎ ژ Ȓǔ ׏׏ ژ xƏɵ א ׎׎ ו ً ƏȅƺȇƳƺƳً ƬȒȇƬƺȸȇǣȇǕ the BNI nomenclature; ཛྷ (ƺƬȸƺƺ א ׎׎ בזٮו ׏ ژ Ȓǔ ׏׏ ژ xƏɵ א ׎׎ ژו ɀƺɎɎǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺ ȵȸȒƬƺƳɖȸƺɀ for appointing and qualifying nuclear safety inspectors; ཛྷ (ƺƬȸƺƺ א ׎׎ ٮו ׏ ژזהב Ȓǔ ׏ ژח ³ƺȵɎƺȅƫƺȸ א ׎׎ ژו ƬȒȇƬƺȸȇǣȇǕ the secondment of certain civil servants to ASN on a part-time basis; ཛྷ (ƺƬȸƺƺ א ׎׎ ٮו ׏ ژודד Ȓǔ ژא zȒɮƺȅƫƺȸ א ׎׎ ژו ƏȅƺȇƳƺƳً relative to Basic Nuclear Installations and to the oversight of the transport of radioactive substances in terms of nuclear safety; ཛྷ (ƺƬȸƺƺ א ׎׎ ٮו ׏ ژאוד Ȓǔ ژה zȒɮƺȅƫƺȸ א ׎׎ ژו ƬȒȇƬƺȸȇǣȇǕ technical inquiries into accidents or incidents concerning a nuclear activity; ཛྷ (ƺƬȸƺƺ א ׎׎ דאٮז ׏ ژ Ȓǔ ׏ ژא xƏȸƬǝ א ׎׎ ז ً ƏȅƺȇƳƺƳً ƬȒȇƬƺȸȇǣȇǕ BNI Local Information Committees (CLI); ཛྷ (ƺƬȸƺƺ א ׎׎ ٮז ׏׏׎ ژז Ȓǔ …ژחא ƬɎȒƫƺȸ א ׎׎ ژז ƬȒȇƬƺȸȇǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺ composition of the High Committee for Transparency and Information on Nuclear Security (HCTISN); ཛྷ (ƺƬȸƺƺ א ׎׏׎ ژוואٮ Ȓǔ ׏ ژה xƏȸƬǝ א ׎׏׎ ژ ƬȒȇƬƺȸȇǣȇǕ the HCTISN. The Decree also modifies the regulatory procedures relating to BNIs currently governed by the Decree of ژא zȒɮƺȅƫƺȸ א ׎׎ ו ȸƺǔƺȸȸƺƳ ɎȒ Əɀ Ɏǝƺ ٹ zX ¨ȸȒƬƺƳɖȸƺɀ ٺ Decree, more specifically so that they are brought into line with the new regulatory requirements concerning the environmental assessment of projects, resulting ǔȸȒȅ Ɏǝƺ…ȸƳǣȇƏȇƬƺ Ȓǔ ژב ɖǕɖɀɎ א ׎׏ ژה ƏȇƳ ǣɎɀ ǣȅȵǼƺȅƺȇɎǣȇǕ (ƺƬȸƺƺ Ȓǔ ׏׏ ژ ɖǕɖɀɎ א ׎׏ ژה ɯǝǣƬǝ ɎȸƏȇɀȵȒɀƺ Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and the !ȒɖȇƬǣǼ Ȓǔ ׏ (ژב ƺƬƺȅƫƺȸ א ׎׏׏ ژ ƬȒȇƬƺȸȇǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺ ƏɀɀƺɀɀȅƺȇɎ of the environmental impact of certain public and private projects, as modified by Directive 2014/52/EU of the 0ɖȸȒȵƺƏȇ ¨ƏȸǼǣƏȅƺȇɎ ƏȇƳ Ɏǝƺ !ȒɖȇƬǣǼ Ȓǔ ׏ ژה ȵȸǣǼ א ׎׏ ג ِ Furthermore, the Decree: ཛྷ supplements the provisions relating to the CLIs pursuant ɎȒ ȸɎǣƬǼƺ ׏ ژבא Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ 0ȇƺȸǕɵ ÁȸƏȇɀǣɎǣȒȇ ǔȒȸ Jȸƺƺȇ JȸȒɯɎǝ ƬɎ ٢Á0!à٣ Ȓǔ ׏ ژו ɖǕɖɀɎ א ׎׏ ד ً ȇȒɎƏƫǼɵ ɯǣɎǝ Ɏǝƺ Əǣȅ Ȓǔ including foreign members in the CLIs concerned if the BNI site is located in a border département ; ཛྷ defines the conditions of renewal of half of the ASN Commission, other than its chairperson, ƺɮƺȸɵ Ɏǝȸƺƺ ژ ɵƺƏȸɀً ȵɖȸɀɖƏȇɎ ɎȒ ƬɎ א ׎׏ ژדדٮו Ȓǔ א ׎ ژ hƏȇɖƏȸɵ אژ ׎׏ ו ǣȇɎȸȒƳɖƬǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺ ǕƺȇƺȸƏǼ ɀɎƏɎɖɀ of the independent administrative authorities and the independent public authorities; ཛྷ defines the functioning of the ASN Sanction Committee ǣȇɀɎǣɎɖɎƺƳ ƫɵ…ȸƳǣȇƏȇƬƺ א ׎׏ ٮה ׏ ژזא Ȓǔ ׏׎ ژ IƺƫȸɖƏȸɵ א ׎׏ ژה ǣȇɎȸȒƳɖƬǣȇǕ ɮƏȸǣȒɖɀ ȵȸȒɮǣɀǣȒȇɀ ƬȒȇƬƺȸȇǣȇǕ nuclear activities and detailing the procedures giving rise to administrative fines; ཛྷ clarifies the System applicable to BNIs containing equipment or installations subject to Directive 2010/75/EU Ȓǔ ژגא zȒɮƺȅƫƺȸ א ׎׏׎ ژ ȸƺǼƏɎǣȇǕ ɎȒ ǣȇƳɖɀɎȸǣƏǼ ƺȅǣɀɀǣȒȇɀ (referred to as the “IED Directive”), as well as the System Ȓǔ zXɀ ɀɖƫǴƺƬɎ ɎȒ (ǣȸƺƬɎǣɮƺ א ׎׏ א ٖ׏ ז ٖ0È Ȓǔ ژג hɖǼɵ א ׎׏ א concerning the control of the hazards linked to major accidents involving substances (referred to as Ɏǝƺ ٹ ³0à0³… (ژב ǣȸƺƬɎǣɮƺ ٺ ٣ ȵɖȸɀɖƏȇɎ ɎȒ Ɏǝƺ ƏƫȒɮƺ ٮ ȅƺȇɎǣȒȇƺƳ…ȸƳǣȇƏȇƬƺ א ׎׏ ٮה ׏ זא Ȓǔ ׏׎ ژ IƺƫȸɖƏȸɵ אژ ׎׏ ה containing various nuclear-related provisions. 30 ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2019 REGULATORY NEWS