Abstracts ASN Report 2019

to be considered by the French National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management (Andra) for the studies and research conducted for the ķĸņļĺŁ łĹ ŇĻĸ ŅĸŃłņļŇłŅŌ ŃŅłŉļķĸķ ĹłŅ ļŁ ŅŇļĶĿĸ єׇӈӇӅіӄӃіӄׇņĻĴĿĿ ĶłŀŃŅļņĸ a reference inventory and a reserve inventory. The reserve inventory shall take into account the uncertainties associated more specifically with putting in place new waste management routes or changes in energy policy. The repository shall be designed to accommodate the waste of the reference inventory. It shall also be designed by Andra, in consultation with the owners of the substances of the reserve inventory, to be capable of accommodating the substances figuring in that inventory, provided that changes in its design can be implemented if necessary during operation of the repository at an economically acceptable cost ”. • ÈȇƳƺȸǕȸȒɖȇƳ ǼƏƫȒȸƏɎȒȸɵ Ȓǔ xƺɖɀƺٖRƏɖɎƺ ٮ xƏȸȇƺ Studies on deep geological disposal necessitate research and experiments in an underground laboratory. Andra has been operating such an underground laboratory within the Bure ŀňŁļĶļŃĴĿļŇŌ ņļŁĶĸ ӄӌӌӌє In the context of the studies on the deep geological disposal, ASN issues recommendations concerning the research and experiments conducted in the laboratory, and ascertains by random sampling during follow-up inspections that they are carried out using processes that guarantee the quality of the results. • ÁƺƬǝȇǣƬƏǼ ǣȇɀɎȸɖƬɎǣȒȇɀ ňŅņňĴŁŇ Ňł ŇĻĸ ĶŇ łĹ ӆӃׇ ĸĶĸŀĵĸŅ ӄӌӌӄё ĴŁķ ŇĻĸŁ ŃňŅņňĴŁŇ Ňł ŇĻĸ ĶŇ łĹ ӅӋׇ ňŁĸ ӅӃӃӉׇĴŁķ ŇĻĸ ё ŁķŅĴ ĻĴņ ĶĴŅŅļĸķ łňŇ studies and submitted reports on the deep geological repository. These studies and reports have been examined by ASN –referring ļŁ ŃĴŅŇļĶňĿĴŅ Ňł ŇĻĸ ĴĹĸŇŌ ňļķĸ łĹ ӅӃӃӋ҂ ĴŁķ ļŇ ĻĴņ ļņņňĸķ ĴŁ opinion on them. ASN has thus more specifically examined the reports submitted by ŁķŅĴ ļŁ ӅӃӃӈׇĴŁķ ĴŇ ŇĻĸ ĸŁķ łĹ ӅӃӃӌє Ň ļņņňĸķ łŃļŁļłŁņ łŁ ŇĻĸņĸ ŅĸŃłŅŇņ łŁ ӄׇ ĸĵŅňĴŅŌ ӅӃӃӉׇĴŁķ ӅӉׇ ňĿŌ ӅӃӄӄє ŁķŅĴ ņňĵņĸńňĸŁŇĿŌ submitted various files to ASN presenting the progress of the studies and work carried out. ASN issued a position statement: ҄ ļŁ ӅӃӄӆё łŁ ŇĻĸ ķłĶňŀĸŁŇņ ŃŅłķňĶĸķ ĵĸŇŊĸĸŁ ӅӃӃӌׇĴŁķׇӅӃӄӆׇ҂ŇĻĸ year of the public debate, and on the intermediate design milestone at the outline stage presented by Andra in 2012; ҄ in 2014, on the safety components of the closure structures and the expected content of the safety options dossier for the facility; ҄ in 2015, on the control of operating risks and the cost of the project; ҄ in 2016, on the components development plan; ҄ ļŁ ӅӃӄӋё łŁ ŇĻĸ Cigéo safety options file. • Áǝƺ ƏɖɎǝȒȸǣɀƏɎǣȒȇ ȵȸȒƬƺɀɀ Examination of the creation authorisation application for a deep geological disposal facility will not start until formally requested by Andra and will be governed in particular by Book V, Title IX, ĻĴŃŇĸŅ ё ĸĶŇļłŁ ӇׇłĹ ŇĻĸ ŁŉļŅłŁŀĸŁŇ łķĸ ĴŁķ ĵŌ ŅŇļĶĿĸ єׇӈӇӅіӄӃіӄׇłĹ ŇĻĸ ŁŉļŅłŁŀĸŁŇ łķĸё ŊĻļĶĻ ļņ ņŃĸĶļĹļĶ Ňł ķĸĸŃ geological disposal facilities. Andra has indicated that it wishes to file this creation authorisation application in the second half of 2020. ňŅŇĻĸŅ Ňł ŇĻĸ ŃňĵĿļĶ ķĸĵĴŇĸ łĹ ӅӃӄӆё ŁķŅĴ ķĸĶļķĸķ Ňł ņĸŇ ňŃ ĴŁ industrial pilot phase before operating the facility at industrial rates. The Board of Directors of Andra had also decided to submit a Safety Options Dossier (DOS) for the Cigéo repository project to ASN before applying for the facility creation authorisation. UNDERGROUNG RESEARCH LABORATORY RAMPS ZONE SHAFTS ZONE DOUBLE RAMPS SHAFTS HLW REPOSITORY ZONE Undergroung installations ILW-LL REPOSITORY ZONE Schematic Diagram of the Cigéo repository showing the surface and underground facilities 356 ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2019 ׏ ٲ ג RADIOACTIVE WASTE AND CONTAMINATED SITES AND SOILS