Abstracts ASN Report 2019

THE INSTALLATIONS AND ACTIVITIES TO REGULATE COMPRISE: ཛྷ Basic Nuclear Installations: ݸڗ the Belleville-sur-Loire NPP (2 reactors of 1,300 MWe), ݸڗ the Dampierre-en-Burly NPP (4 reactors of 900 MWe), ݸڗ the Saint-Laurent-des-Eaux site: the NPP in operation (2 reactors of 900 MWe), ƏȇƳ Ɏǝƺ ژא IȸƺȇƬǝ JƏɀ !ٮ ȒȒǼƺƳ «ƺƏƬɎȒȸɀ ٢J!«٣ undergoing decommissioning and the irradiated graphite sleeve storage silos; ݸڗ the Chinon site: the NPP in operation (4 reactors of 900 MWe), the 3 French GCRs undergoing decommissioning, the Irradiated Material Facility (AMI) and the Inter-Regional Fuel Warehouse (MIR); ཛྷ small-scale nuclear activities in the medical sector: ݸڗ 8 external-beam radiotherapy departments, ݸڗ 3 brachytherapy departments, ݸڗ 11 nuclear medicine departments, ݸڗ 32 centres using fluoroscopy-guided interventional procedures, ݸڗ 38 computed tomography scanners, ݸڗ some 2,700 medical and dental radiology devices; ཛྷ small-scale nuclear activities in the veterinary, industrial and research sectors: ݸڗ 10 industrial radiography companies, ݸڗ about 330 industrial, veterinary and research radiography devices; ཛྷ activities linked to the transport of radioactive substances; ཛྷ ASN-approved laboratories and organisations: ݸڗ 2 organisations approved for radiation protection controls, ݸڗ 4 laboratories approved for taking environmental radioactivity measurements. p. 198 p. 228 p. 256 In 2019, ASN carried out 134 nuclear safety and radiation protection inspections: 106 inspections of the nuclear installations on the EDF sites of Belleville-sur-Loire, Chinon, Dampierre-en-Burly and Saint-Laurent-des-Eaux, and ژזא ǣȇɀȵƺƬɎǣȒȇɀ ǣȇ ɀȅƏǼǼ ٮ ɀƬƏǼƺȇɖƬǼƺƏȸ ƏƬɎǣɮǣɎǣƺɀ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ!ƺȇɎȸƺ ٮ Val de Loire region. ASNalsoensured60days of labour inspection in theNuclear Power Plants (NPPs). In 2019, 16 significant events rated level 1 on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES scale) were reported by licensees of the EDF nuclear facilities in the Centre-Val de Loire region. In small-scale nuclear activities, ׏ ژ ƺɮƺȇɎ ƬȒȇƬƺȸȇǣȇǕƏƫȸƏƬǝɵɎǝƺȸƏȵɵ ȵƏɎǣƺȇɎɯƏɀ ȸƏɎƺƳ ǼƺɮƺǼ אژ on the ASN-SFRO scale. ASN inspectors issued one violation report in the exercise of their oversight duties. The Orléans division regulates radiation protection and the transport of radioactive substances in the 6 départements of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Centre-Val de Loire region 46 ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2019 REGIONAL OVERVIEWOF NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION