Abstracts ASN Report 2019

ASN, the French Nuclear Safety Authority, has eleven regional divisions through which it carries out its regulatory responsibilities throughout metropolitan France and in the French overseas départements and collectivities. Several ASN regional divisions can be required to coordinate their work in a given administrative region. As at 31 December 2019, the ASN regional divisions totalled 230 employees, including 176 inspectors. Under the authority of the regional representatives (see chapter 2), the ASN regional divisions carry out on-the-ground inspections of the Basic Nuclear Installations (BNIs), of radioactive substance transport operations and of small-scale nuclear activities; they examine the majority of the licensingapplications submitted toASNby thepersons/entities responsible for nuclear activities within their regions. The divisions check application within these installations of the regulations relative to nuclear safety and radiation protection, to pressure equipment and to Installations Classified for Protection of the Environment (ICPEs). They ensure the labour inspection in the Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs). In radiological emergency situations, the ASNdivisions check the on-site measures taken by the licensee to make the installation safe and assist the Prefect of the département , who is responsible for protection of the population. To ensure emergency situation preparedness, they help draw up the emergency plans established by the Prefects and take part in the periodic exercises. The ASN regional divisions contribute to the mission of informing the public. They takepart, for example in themeetings of the Local Information Committees (CLIs) of theBNIs andmaintain regular relationswith the local media, elected officials, associations, licensees and local administrations. This section presents ASN’s oversight action in the BNIs of each region and its assessment of nuclear safety and radiation protection. Actions to inform the public and cross-border relations are addressed in chapters 5 and 6 respectively. Xx¨…«Á zÁ Oversight of small-scale nuclear activities (medical, research and industry, transport) is presented in chapters 7, 8, and 9. i REGIONAL OVERVIEW OF NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION Transport sector see ƬǝƏȵɎƺȸ חژ Medical sector see ƬǝƏȵɎƺȸ וژ Research and industry see ƬǝƏȵɎƺȸ זژ 32 ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2019