Abstracts ASN Report 2019

A BNI is an installation which, due to its nature or the quantity or activity of the radioactive substances it contains, is subject to a specific regulatory system as defined by the Environment Code (Title IX of Book V). These installations must be authorised by ķĸĶŅĸĸ ļņņňĸķ ĹłĿĿłŊļŁĺ Ĵ ŃňĵĿļĶ ļŁńňļŅŌ ĴŁķ ĴŁ ŅĸŁĶĻ ňĶĿĸĴŅ Safety Authority ( Autorité de sûreté nucléaire –ASN) opinion. Their design, construction, operation and decommissioning are all regulated. The following are BNIs: ӄє Nuclear reactors; Ӆє Large installations for the preparation, enrichment, fabrication, treatment or storage of nuclear fuels or the treatment, storage or disposal of radioactive waste; ӆє Large installations containing radioactive or fissile substances; Ӈє Large particle accelerators; ӈє Deep geological repositories for radioactive waste. With the exception of nuclear reactors and the possible future deep geological repositories for radioactive waste, which are ĴĿĿ ņё ĸĶŇļłŁ ӄׇĸŁŇļŇĿĸķ Ѣ łŀĸŁĶĿĴŇňŅĸ łĹ ĴņļĶ ňĶĿĸĴŅ Installations” of Chapter III of Title IX of Book V of the Environment Code sets the threshold for entry into the BNI System for each category. łŅ ŇĸĶĻŁļĶĴĿ łŅ ĿĸĺĴĿ ŅĸĴņłŁņё ŇĻĸ ĶłŁĶĸŃŇ łĹ Ĵ ĴņļĶ ňĶĿĸĴŅ Installation can cover a number of different physical situations: for example in a nuclear power plant, each reactor may be considered as a separate BNI, or a given BNI might in fact comprise two ŅĸĴĶŇłŅņє ļŀļĿĴŅĿŌё Ĵ ĹňĸĿ ĶŌĶĿĸ ŃĿĴŁŇ łŅ Ĵ ŅĸŁĶĻ ĿŇĸŅŁĴŇļʼnĸ Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) centre can comprise several BNIs. These different configurations do not alter the regulatory conditions in any way. 1. Administrative region headed by a Prefect. The following are subject to the BNI System: Ҋ facilities under construction, provided that they are the subject of a Creation Authorisation Decree; Ҋ facilities in operation; Ҋ facilities shut down or undergoing decommissioning, until they are delicensed by ASN. ņ ĴŇ ӆӄ ĸĶĸŀĵĸŅ ӅӃӄӌё ŇĻĸŅĸ ŊĸŅĸ ӄӅӇׇ ņ ҎĿĸĺĴĿ ĸŁŇļŇļĸņҏє The notified BNIs are those which existed prior to the publication łĹ ĸĶŅĸĸ ӉӆіӄӅӅӋׇłĹ ӄӄׇ ĸĶĸŀĵĸŅ ӄӌӉӆׇĶłŁĶĸŅŁļŁĺ ŁňĶĿĸĴŅ facilities and for which neither said Decree nor the Environment Code required authorisation but simply notification on the basis łĹ ŇĻĸ ĴĶńňļŅĸķ ŅļĺĻŇņ Ҏņĸĸ ŅŇļĶĿĸņ єӈӌӆіӆӈׇĴŁķ єӈӌӆіӆӉׇłĹ ŇĻĸ Environment Code). The missing BNI numbers correspond to facilities that figured in previous issues of the list, but which no longer constitute BNIs further to their delicensing (see chapter 13) or their licensing as new basic nuclear installations. To regulate all civil nuclear activities and installations in France, ASN has set up a regional organization comprising ׏׏ ژ ȸƺǕǣȒȇƏǼ ƳǣɮǣɀǣȒȇɀ ƫƏɀƺƳ ǣȇ ȒȸƳƺƏɖɴً Caen, Châlons-en-Champagne, Dijon, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Orléans, Paris and Strasbourg. The Caen and Orléans divisions are responsible for Basic Nuclear Installation (BNI) regulation in the Bretagne (Brittany) and Île-de-France regions respectively. The Paris division oversees the overseas regions and the département ٢׏٣ of Mayotte, while the Marseille division oversees radiation protection and radioactive substance transport in the Corse collectivity. LIST OF BASIC NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2019 ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2019 367 AP