Abstracts ASN Report 2019

More generally, ASN issues requirements relative to the management of waste from the BNIs. These requirements are set out in ASN resolutions which are subject to public consultation and published on asn.fr . ASN indicates certain waste management requirements in two ĺňļķĸņѓ ňļķĸ łєӄӋׇŅĸĿĴŇļʼnĸ Ňł ŇĻĸ ŀĴŁĴĺĸŀĸŁŇ łĹ ŅĴķļłĴĶŇļʼnĸ effluents and waste produced by a nuclear activity licensed under ŇĻĸ ňĵĿļĶ ĸĴĿŇĻ łķĸё ĴŁķ ňļķĸ łє ӅӆׇŅĸĿĴŇļʼnĸ Ňł ŇĻĸ ŊĴņŇĸ ōłŁļŁĺ ŃĿĴŁ Ҏņĸĸ ŃłļŁŇņ ӄєӅєӄׇĸŇ ӄєӅєӅҏє Lastly, ASN is consulted for its opinion on draft regulatory texts relative to radioactive waste management. א ِ׏ِ ד 0ɮƏǼɖƏɎǣȒȇ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ȇɖƬǼƺƏȸ ǔǣȇƏȇƬǣƏǼ ƬȒɀɎɀ The regulatory framework designed to ring-fence the financing of nuclear facility decommissioning costs or, for radioactive waste disposal facilities, the final shutdown, maintenance and monitoring costs, in addition to the cost of managing spent fuel ĴŁķ ŅĴķļłĴĶŇļʼnĸ ŊĴņŇĸё ļņ ķĸņĶŅļĵĸķ ļŁ ĶĻĴŃŇĸŅ ӄӆׇҎņĸĸ ŃłļŁŇ ӄєӇҏє א ِ׏ِ ה ³z ټ ɀ ǣȇɎƺȸȇƏɎǣȒȇƏǼ ƏƬɎǣȒȇ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ ƏȸƺƏ Ȓǔ ɯƏɀɎƺ ASN participates in the work of Western European Nuclear Regulators Association (WENRA) which aims to harmonise nuclear safety practices in Europe by defining “reference safety levels” which must be transposed into the national regulations of its member countries. In this respect, the Working Group on Waste and Decommissioning (WGWD) is tasked with developing reference levels for the management of radioactive waste and spent fuel, and for the decommissioning of nuclear facilities. The ASN resolutions enable, among other things, these reference levels to be transposed into the general regulations applicable to BNIs. In 2017, following the work already carried out on storage, disposal and decommissioning, ASN participated in finalising the development of reference levels for the packaging of radioactive waste. Ł ӅӃӄӌё ĶłŁŇļŁňĸķ ļŇņ ĴĶŇļłŁņ Ňł ŃŅĸņĸŁŇ ŇĻĸ ŊĴŌ ļŁ ŊĻļĶĻ the WENRA safety reference levels for waste packaging were ņĸŇ łňŇ ļŁ ŇĻĸ ŅĸŁĶĻ ŅĸĺňĿĴŇļłŁņє Ļĸ ĶłŁņļķĸŅņ ŇĻĴŇ ĴĿĿ ŇĻĸ ņĴĹĸŇŌ ŅĸńňļŅĸŀĸŁŇņ ĴŅĸ ŃŅĸņĸŁŇ ļŁ ŇĻĸ ŅĸŁĶĻ ŅĸĺňĿĴŇļłŁņё except for one reference level favouring the use of passive systems. ASN considers that this reference level might not be appropriate for certain types of waste management facility, and the scope of its application will be discussed in the WGWD in 2020. ňŅŇĻĸŅŀłŅĸё ĴŇ Ĵ ŀĸĸŇļŁĺ ļŁ łʼnĸŀĵĸŅ ӅӃӄӌׇķĸķļĶĴŇĸķ to the regulatory framework governing decommissioning, ASN presented the licensees’ decommissioning strategies and the principles of immediate dismantling and final condition. ASN also follows the transposition of the reference levels of the other WENRA member countries. ŀłŅĸłʼnĸŅ ŅĸŃŅĸņĸŁŇņ ŅĴŁĶĸ łŁ ŇĻĸ ŁŇĸŅŁĴŇļłŁĴĿ ŇłŀļĶ Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Waste Safety Standards Committee (WASSC), whose role is to draft the international standards, particularly concerning the management of radioactive waste. It also takes part in the work of European Nuclear Safety Regulators ŅłňŃ Ҏ ҏ ĺŅłňŃ ӅׇŊĻļĶĻ ļņ ŅĸņŃłŁņļĵĿĸ ĹłŅ ņňĵĽĸĶŇņ relative to radioactive waste management. Ł ӅӃӄӊё ĶłłŅķļŁĴŇĸķ ŇĻĸ ĴňŇĻłŅļŁĺ łĹ ŇĻĸ ŅĸŁĶĻ ŁĴŇļłŁĴĿ report on the implementation of the obligations of the Joint łŁʼnĸŁŇļłŁ łŁ ŇĻĸ ĴĹĸŇŌ łĹ ŃĸŁŇ ňĸĿ ĴŁĴĺĸŀĸŁŇ ĴŁķ łŁ ŇĻĸ Safety of Radioactive Waste Management. This report underwent Ĵ ŃĸĸŅ ŅĸʼnļĸŊ ļŁ ļĸŁŁĴ ļŁ ĴŌ ӅӃӄӋє Ļĸ ŃĸĸŅņ ņĻłŊĸķ Ĵ ķļņŇļŁĶŇ ļŁŇĸŅĸņŇ ļŁ ŇĻĸ ŅĸŁĶĻ ĴŃŃŅłĴĶĻё ňŁķĸŅĿļŁļŁĺ ļŁ ŃĴŅŇļĶňĿĴŅ ŇĻĸ ńňĴĿļŇŌ łĹ ļŇņ ĶłŀŃŅĸĻĸŁņļʼnĸ ŅĸĺňĿĴŇłŅŌ ĹŅĴŀĸŊłŅľё ŇĻĸׇĶłĻĸŅĸŁĶĸ of its policy and the priority given to safety through the recognition of eight areas of good performance. They suggested ŇĻĴŇ ŅĴŁĶĸ ņĻłňĿķ ŅĸŀĴļŁ ĴŇŇĸŁŇļʼnĸ Ňł ŇĻĸ ņĴĹĸŇŌ łĹ ņłŀĸ łĹ ŇĻĸ older storage facilities. In 2020, ASN will coordinate the drafting of the report for the 7th Joint Convention Review. ňŅłŃĸĴŁ ļŅĸĶŇļʼnĸ ӅӃӄӄѼӊӃׇĸņŇĴĵĿļņĻļŁĺ Ĵ ĶłŀŀňŁļŇŌ ĹŅĴŀĸŊłŅľ for the responsible and safe management of spent fuel and radioactive waste moreover requires that each European Union country’s programme on these themes be assessed by a peer ŅĸʼnļĸŊє Ł ŅĴŁĶĸё ŇĻļņ ļŁŇĸŅŁĴŇļłŁĴĿ ĴņņĸņņŀĸŁŇ Ňłłľ ŃĿĴĶĸ ĹŅłŀ ӄӈׇŇł ӅӇׇ ĴŁňĴŅŌ ӅӃӄӋׇĴņ ŃĴŅŇ łĹ ĴŁ ŁŇĸĺŅĴŇĸķ ĸʼnļĸŊ ĸŅʼnļĶĸ ĹłŅ ŅĴķļłĴĶŇļʼnĸ ĴņŇĸ ĴŁķ ŃĸŁŇ ňĸĿ ĴŁĴĺĸŀĸŁŇё ĸĶłŀŀļņņļłŁļŁĺ and Remediation (ARTEMIS) mission organised by the IAEA. A delegation of ten international experts met teams from the DGEC, ASN, the DGPR, IRSN, Andra, and the radioactive waste producers. ASN also participates in several working groups set up within the framework of European Union and IAEA actions, particularly concerning the deep geological disposal of radioactive waste. Lastly, ASN collaborates with the authorities of the countries the most advanced in the deployment of deep geological disposal. Ŋł ĸŁĺļŁĸĸŅņ ŊĸŅĸ ŇĻňņ ŅĸĶĸļʼnĸķ ĵŌ ŇĻĸ ļŁŁļņĻ ňĶĿĸĴŅ ĴĹĸŇŌ ňŇĻłŅļŇŌ Ҏ ҏ ļŁ ӅӃӄӌё Ňł ĿĸĴŅŁ ĹŅłŀ ļŇņ ĸŋŃĸŅļĸŁĶĸ ļŁ ŇĻĸ ĶłŁņŇŅňĶŇļłŁ ĴňŇĻłŅļņĴŇļłŁ ŃŅłĶĸņņ ĹłŅ ŇĻĸ ļŁŁļņĻ ķĸĸŃ geological repository, the organisation of examination process to obtain the construction decree and the associated conditions of the monitoring and surveillance programme. The lessons drawn from the time spent with the STUK include, in particular, the ĴņņļŀļĿĴŇļłŁ łĹ ŃĴŅŇ łĹ ŇĻĸ ļŁŁļņĻ ŅĸĺňĿĴŇļłŁņ łŁ ŇĻĸ ņňĵĽĸĶŇё the good practices to adopt when examining a disposal facility authorisation file, the post-closure safety case (notably the choice and relevance of the scenarios and the management of uncertainties), the practical aspects of the inspection programme conducted during the construction of Onkalo, and comparison of the technical issues of the Cigéo project with those of Onkalo ļŁ ļŁĿĴŁķ ҎĶŅĴĶľņё ĿĸĴľņё ĸŋĶĴʼnĴŇļłŁņ ŇĸĶĻŁļńňĸņё ŀĸŇĻłķņ of characterising the rock and cracks, relations between the regulator and the industrial operation, etc.). ASN’s international actions are presented more generally in chapter 6. א ِ א ¨ƺȸǣȒƳǣƬ ɀƏǔƺɎɵ ȸƺɮǣƺɯɀ Ȓǔ ȸƏƳǣȒƏƬɎǣɮƺ ɯƏɀɎƺ ȅƏȇƏǕƺȅƺȇɎ ǔƏƬǣǼǣɎǣƺɀ Basic Nuclear Installation licensees, including for radioactive waste management facilities, carry out periodic safety reviews of their facilities in order to assess the situation of the facilities with respect to the rules applicable to them and to update the assessment of the risks or adverse effects, taking into account, more specifically, the state of the facility, the experience acquired during operation, and the development of knowledge and rules applicable to similar facilities. The diversity and frequently unique nature of each radioactive waste management facility lead ASN to adopt an examination procedure that is specific to each facility. In this context, ASN is currently examining six safety reviews of radioactive waste management facilities. The reviews concern: Ҋ three BNIs operated by the CEA: the treatment and packaging ĹĴĶļĿļŇŌ ӆӈׇłŁ ŇĻĸ ĴĶĿĴŌ ņļŇĸё ŇĻĸ ĻļĶĴķĸ ŅĸņĸĴŅĶĻ ĴŁķ development facility (BNI 156), and the Cedra packaging and storage facility (BNI 164) on the Cadarache site; Ҋ łŁĸ łŃĸŅĴŇĸķ ĵŌ ŅĴŁłѓ ӄӄӋё ŇĻĸ ŊĴņŇĸ ŇŅĸĴŇŀĸŁŇё packaging and waste package storage facility on the La Hague site; 360 ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2019 ׏ ٲ ג RADIOACTIVE WASTE AND CONTAMINATED SITES AND SOILS