Abstracts ASN Report 2019

ASN considers moreover that the stakeholders and audiences concerned must be involved as early as possible in the process to rehabilitate a site contaminated by radioactive substances. ASN also points out that in application of the “polluter-pays” principle written into the Environment Code, those responsible for the contamination finance the operations to rehabilitate the contaminated site and to remove the waste resulting from these operations. If the responsible entities default, Andra, on account of its public service remit and by public requisition, ensures the rehabilitation of radioactive contaminated sites. In cases where contaminated sites and soils have no known responsible entity, the State finances their clean-out through Ĵ ŃňĵĿļĶ ņňĵņļķŌ ŃŅłʼnļķĸķ ĹłŅ ļŁ ŅŇļĶĿĸ єׇӈӇӅіӄӅіӄׇłĹ ŇĻĸ ŁʼnļŅłŁŀĸŁŇ łķĸє Ļĸ ŅĸŁĶĻ ĴŇļłŁĴĿ ňŁķļŁĺ łŀŀļņņļłŁ for Radioactive Matters (CNAR) gives opinions on the utilisation of this subsidy, as much with respect to fund allocation priorities as to polluted site treatment strategies and the principles of assisted collection of waste. ŁķĸŅ ŅŇļĶĿĸ єӈӇӅіӄӈׇłĹ ŇĻĸ ŁʼnļŅłŁŀĸŁŇ łķĸё ŇĻĸ comprises: Ҋ “members by right”: representatives of the Ministries responsible for the environment and energy, of Andra, Ademe, ё ŇĻĸ ё ĴŁķ ŇĻĸ ņņłĶļĴŇļłŁ łĹ ĴŌłŅņ łĹ ŅĴŁĶĸђ Ҋ members mandated for four years by the Ministries responsible for energy, nuclear safety and radiation protection (the CNAR chair, two representatives of environmental associations and one representative of a public land management corporation). Ł ӅӃӄӌё ŇĻĸ ŀĸŀĵĸŅņ łĹ ŇĻĸ ĸĿĸĶŇĸķ Ņ ļķļĸŅ ňĵłŇ Ĵņ Chair of the Commission for a four-year mandate. The CNAR ŀĸŇ ĹłňŅ Ňļŀĸņ ļŁ ӅӃӄӌё ĹłĶňņļŁĺ ļŁ ŃĴŅŇļĶňĿĴŅ łŁ ŇĻĸ ŀĴŁĴĺĸŀĸŁŇ of ongoing contaminated sites such as the Champlay site, or the management of soils from the remediation of legacy sites, such as the soils from the Bayard factory. When contamination is caused by an installation that is subject to special policing (BNI, ICPE or nuclear activity governed by the Public Health Code), the sites are managed under the same oversight system. Otherwise, the Prefect oversees the measures taken regarding management of the contaminated site. With regard to the management of radioactive contaminated sites coming under the ICPE system and the Public Health Code, when the responsible entity is solvent or defaulting, the Prefect uses the opinions of the classified installations inspectorate, of ASN and the Regional Health Agency (ARS) to validate the site rehabilitation project and supervises the implementation of the rehabilitation measures by Prefectural Order. ASN may thus be called upon by the services of the Prefect and the classified installation inspectors to give its opinion on the clean-out objectives of a site. ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2019 365 ׏ ٲ ג RADIOACTIVE WASTE AND CONTAMINATED SITES AND SOILS 14