Abstracts ASN Report 2019

XȒȇǣɀȒɀ ǣȸȸƏƳǣƏɎȒȸ The company Ionisos operates two industrial ionisation installations, on the sites of Pouzauges (Vendée dépar- tement ) and Sablé-sur-Sarthe (Sarthe département ). These ǣȇɀɎƏǼǼƏɎǣȒȇɀً ƬȒȇɀɎǣɎɖɎǣȇǕ zX ژ ׏ ژהג ƏȇƳ ׏ ژגד ȸƺɀȵƺƬɎǣɮƺǼɵً ɖɀƺ ǝǣǕǝ ٮ ƏƬɎǣɮǣɎɵ ƬȒƫƏǼɎ הٮ ׎ ژ ɀƺƏǼƺƳ ȸƏƳǣȒƏƬɎǣɮƺ ɀȒɖȸƬƺɀِ The gamma radiation emitted is used to sterilise, destroy pathogenic germs or reinforce (by cross-linking) the technical properties of certain polymers, by exposing the products to be ionised (single-use medical equipment, packaging, raw materials and finished productions for the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, packing films) for a pre-determined length of time. The installation comprises a pool for underwater storage of the radioactive sources which is surmounted by a bunker in which the ionisation operations are performed, premises for storing the products before and after treatment, offices and technical rooms. ASN considers that the Ionisos irradiators in the Pays de la Loire region are operated with due attention to nuclear safety and radiation protection. ASN continued its examination of the periodic safety review reports of the two irradiators in 2019. ¨ȒǼǼɖɎƺƳ ɀǣɎƺɀ ƏȇƳ ɀȒǣǼɀ ƏȇƳ ȅǣȇǣȇǕ ɀǣɎƺɀ ASN assists the Regional Directorates for the Environment, Planning and Housing (Dreal) regarding polluted sites and soils andmining sites. With regard to the sites in public areas where ɖȸƏȇǣɖȅ ٮ ƫƺƏȸǣȇǕ ȅǣȇǣȇǕ ɯƏɀɎƺ ȸȒƬǸ ɯƏɀ ȸƺɖɀƺƳً Ɏǝƺ ژ ׏׎ ژ ¨Əɵɀ de la Loire areas concerned by the priority works have been treated (partial or complete removal of the mining waste rock). The Écarpière site (Loire-Atlantique département ) also received materials radiologically contaminated by mine water from the old uranium-bearing mines in Bretagne. 86 ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2019 REGIONAL OVERVIEWOF NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION PAYS DE LA LOIRE