Abstracts ASN Report 2019

The labour inspectorate takes part in the integrated vision of oversight sought by ASN and carries out its monitoring work in conjunction with the other activities to monitor and oversee the safety of facilities and radiation protection. Ł ӅӃӄӌё ŇĻĸ ŅĸņłňŅĶĸņ ĹłŅ ļŇņ ĿĴĵłňŅ ļŁņŃĸĶŇłŅĴŇĸ ķňŇļĸņ ŊĸŅĸѓ Ҋ ӄӇׇĿĴĵłňŅ ļŁņŃĸĶŇłŅņё łŁĸׇłĹ ŊĻłŀ ŊĴņ ňŁķĸŅĺłļŁĺ ŇŅĴļŁļŁĺё assigned to its regional divisions; Ҋ a labour director and deputy labour director in head office, responsible for running, coordinating and supporting the network of labour inspectors and providing the interface with the Ministry in charge of labour. • …ɮƺȸɀǣǕǝɎ Ȓǔ ȒƬƬɖȵƏɎǣȒȇƏǼ ǝƺƏǼɎǝ ƏȇƳ ɀƏǔƺɎɵ ȸƺǕɖǼƏɎǣȒȇɀ With regard to occupational health and safety, the ASN labour ļŁņŃĸĶŇļłŁņ ŀłŅĸ ņŃĸĶļĹļĶĴĿĿŌ ĶłʼnĸŅĸķ ŇĻĸ ĹłĿĿłŊļŁĺ ŇłŃļĶņ ļŁ ӅӃӄӌѓ ҄ The use of electrical installations. The inspectors are ĶłŁŇļŁňļŁĺ Ňł ŀłŁļŇłŅ ŇĻĸ ŀĸĴņňŅĸņ ŇĴľĸŁ ĵŌ Ňł ĸŁņňŅĸ compliance with the provisions of the Labour Code. ҄ The worksites with asbestos risks. The labour inspectors are particularly vigilant during their inspections with regard to preventing the risk of inhalation of these fibres. ҄ The conformity of the working equipment and more specifically the lifting gear. The labour inspectors are still finding shortcomings. ҄ Ļĸ ĹļŅĸ ĴŁķ ĸŋŃĿłņļłŁ ĻĴōĴŅķņё ĹłŅ ŊĻļĶĻ ŇĻĸ ļŁņŃĸĶŇłŅņ revealed non-conformities. ASN provides coordinated oversight Ňł ŇĴľĸ ĴĶĶłňŁŇ łĹ ĴĿĿ ĴņŃĸĶŇņ łĹ ŇĻĸņĸ ĻĴōĴŅķņё ŊĻļĶĻ ĴŅĸ important both for worker safety and for nuclear safety ҎņĸĸׇŃłļŁŇ ӅєӇєӉҏє In addition, an inquiry is systematically held in the event of a severe accident or severe near-accident. A fatal accident as a result of worksite and handling organisation problems sadly łĶĶňŅŅĸķ ļŁ ӅӃӄӌє • XȇɎƺȸȇƏɎǣȒȇƏǼ ɀɖƫƬȒȇɎȸƏƬɎǣȇǕ ƏȇƳ ȵȸȒɮǣɀǣȒȇ Ȓǔ ɀƺȸɮǣƬƺɀ ŇĸŃņ ŊĸŅĸ ŇĴľĸŁ ļŁ ӅӃӄӌׇŅĸĺĴŅķļŁĺ ŇĻĸ ŀłŁļŇłŅļŁĺ łĹ ŁłŇļĹļĶĴŇļłŁņ and the conditions for the secondment of staff from foreign ĶłŀŃĴŁļĸņё ŁłŇĴĵĿŌ łŁ ŇĻĸ ĿĴŀĴŁʼnļĿĿĸ ŅĸĴĶŇłŅ ĶłŁņŇŅňĶŇļłŁ site. • !ȸǣȅǣȇƏǼ ƏȇƳ ƏƳȅǣȇǣɀɎȸƏɎǣɮƺ ȵȸȒƬƺƳɖȸƺɀ ǣȇ ȵȸȒǕȸƺɀɀ With regard to illegal working, ASN closely monitors the criminal proceedings instigated in previous years, more specifically through regular contacts with the Public Prosecutor’s offices. With regard to health and safety, the work done by the ASN ĿĴĵłňŅ ļŁņŃĸĶŇłŅĴŇĸ Ŀĸķ ļŁ ӅӃӄӌׇŇł ŇĻĸ łŃĸŁļŁĺ łĹ ŇŊł ĶŅļŀļŁĴĿ ŃŅłĶĸķňŅĸņ ĴĺĴļŁņŇ łŅ ļŇņ ĶłŁŇŅĴĶŇłŅņ łŊļŁĺ Ňł Ĵ ĿĴĶľ łĹ worksite organisation and coordination and a lack of appropriate personal protective equipment. Administrative penalty procedures for violations of working hours regulations were initiated by the labour inspectors and monitored by the Regional Directorates for Enterprises, Competition, Labour and Employment (Direccte) who have the power to issue sanctions in this area. א ِ ז ِ א ɀɀƺɀɀȅƺȇɎ Ȓǔ ǝƺƏǼɎǝ ƏȇƳ ɀƏǔƺɎɵً ȵȸȒǔƺɀɀǣȒȇƏǼ ȸƺǼƏɎǣȒȇɀ ƏȇƳ ȷɖƏǼǣɎɵ Ȓǔ ƺȅȵǼȒɵȅƺȇɎ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ z¨¨ɀ Certain occupational risk situations are still worrying and must be significantly improved: the risks linked to working equipment and more particularly to lifting gear, explosion and fire risks and electrical risks. The labour inspectorate also still observes situations in which the risk linked to the presence of asbestos is not systematically considered prior to the work, in order to avoid accidental exposure. ļŁĴĿĿŌё ŃŅłĺŅĸņņ ļņ ņŇļĿĿ ŅĸńňļŅĸķ ļŁ ŇĻĸ ŀĴŁĴĺĸŀĸŁŇ łĹ ĽłļŁŇ contractor working (quality of prevention plans in particular), the use of subcontracting and foreign staff secondment situations. א ِ ח nƺɀɀȒȇɀ ǼƺƏȸȇƺƳ ǔȸȒȅ Ɏǝƺ IɖǸɖɀǝǣȅƏ (ƏǣǣƬǝǣ z¨¨ ƏƬƬǣƳƺȇɎ łĿĿłŊļŁĺ ŇĻĸ ĴĶĶļķĸŁŇ ļŁ ŇĻĸ ňľňņĻļŀĴ ĴļļĶĻļ ё ĴķłŃŇĸķ Ĵ ŅĴŁĺĸ łĹ ŅĸņłĿňŇļłŁņ ķĴŇĸķ ӈׇ ĴŌ ӅӃӄӄё ŅĸńňļŅļŁĺ ŇĻĸ licensees of the major nuclear facilities to carry out stress tests. The conclusions of these stress tests led to an ASN position ņŇĴŇĸŀĸŁŇ łŁ ӆׇ ĴŁňĴŅŌ ӅӃӄӅё ŊĻļĶĻ ŊĴņ ļŇņĸĿĹ ŃĸĸŅ ŅĸʼnļĸŊĸķ ļŁׇ ŃŅļĿ ӅӃӄӅё ňŁķĸŅ ŇĻĸ ňŅłŃĸĴŁ ņŇŅĸņņ ŇĸņŇņ ŃŅłĺŅĴŀŀĸє On the basis of the opinion of the Advisory Committees and the conclusions of the European stress tests, ASN issued a range of ŅĸņłĿňŇļłŁņ ķĴŇĸķ ӅӉׇ ňŁĸ ӅӃӄӅё ļŁņŇŅňĶŇļŁĺ Ňł ļŀŃĿĸŀĸŁŇѓ Ҋ a range of corrective measures or improvements (notably the acquisition of additional communication and radiological protection means, the implementation of additional instrumentation, the extensive consideration of internal ĴŁķ ĸŋŇĸŅŁĴĿ ĻĴōĴŅķ Ņļņľņё ļŀŃŅłʼnĸŀĸŁŇņ ļŁ ŇĻĸ ĻĴŁķĿļŁĺ łĹ emergency situations); Ҋ Ĵ ňĶĿĸĴŅ ĴŃļķ ŁŇĸŅʼnĸŁŇļłŁ łŅĶĸ Ҏ ҏ ŊĻļĶĻё ňņļŁĺ ŀłĵļĿĸ means external to the site, can intervene on a nuclear site in a pre-accident or accident situation; Ҋ a local emergency centre allowing emergency management of the nuclear site as a whole in the event of an extreme external ĻĴōĴŅķђ Ҋ a “hardened safety core” of material and organisational ŀĸĴņňŅĸņ ŊĻļĶĻё ļŁ ŇĻĸ ĸʼnĸŁŇ łĹ ĴŁ ĸŋŇŅĸŀĸ ĸŋŇĸŅŁĴĿ ĻĴōĴŅķё are designed to: ҄ prevent an accident with fuel melt, or limit its progression; ҄ limit large-scale radioactive releases; ҄ enable the licensee to carry out its emergency management duties. ÁǣǕǝɎƺȇƺƳ ȸƏƳǣƏɎǣȒȇ ȵȸȒɎƺƬɎǣȒȇ ǣȇɀȵƺƬɎǣȒȇɀ Since 2011, ASN has carried out tightened inspections on the subject of protection of workers against ionising radiation. The NPPs at Chinon, Dampierre-en-Burly, Saint-Laurent-des-Eaux and Belleville-sur-Loire, situated in the Loire Valley, thus underwent a campaign of tightened inspections in September and October 2019. Simulations were used to check the organisation for dealing with contaminated workers and processing atmospheric contamination detection ƏǼƏȸȅɀ ǣȇɀǣƳƺ Ɏǝƺ ȸƺƏƬɎȒȸ ƫɖǣǼƳǣȇǕِ ȇ ژ ɖȇƏȇȇȒɖȇƬƺƳ night-time inspection of the steps taken to ensure the radiation protection of workers during a reactor outage was also carried out. The inspectors observed that good practices were used on the various sites inspected. However, they did note a number of deviations indicating a lack of radiation protection culture on the sites. ASN expects coordinated action on the part of EDF so that personnel radiation protection issues are taken on board by everyone. ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2019 301 ׏׎ ٲ THE EDF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS 10