ASN Report 2020

2.3.2 Consultation of the public on draft individual resolutions The individual resolutions (4) on nuclear safety and radiation protection can form the subject of several public consultation procedures which are presented below. The public inquiry In application of the Environment Code, the BNI creation authorisation and decommissioning applications form the subject of a Public inquiry (5) . The file that undergoes the public inquiry contains the impact analysis and the risk control analysis, among other things. The latter provides a clearly understandable inventory of the risks that the projected installation represents and an analysis of the measures taken to prevent these risks. This analysis also includes a non-technical summary intended to facilitate the general public’s understanding of the information it contains. Since 2017, the public inquiry files can be consulted (6) online throughout the duration of the inquiry, and are provided in printed format in one or more predetermined places as soon as the public inquiry opens. The preliminary safety report (a more technical document) is not included in the public inquiry file but can be consulted throughout the inquiry period under the conditions set by the order governing the inquiry. Disclosure of drafts on asn.fr The individual resolutions that are not subject to public inquiry and are likely to have a significant effect on the environment (such as BNI modification projects or operating conditions that could cause a significant increase in water intakes or discharges) are subject to an Internet consultation. In this context, the licensee’s file is made available to the public on asn.fr . During 2020, 43 consultations concerned draft individual resolu­ tions relating to BNIs and the transport of radioactive substances and 48 concerned small-scale nuclear activities. 4. Individual resolution: resolution that applies to a licensee for a given installation. 5. In application of the provisions of Article L. 123-12 of the Environment Code. 6. See: asn.fr/Reglementer/La‑reglementation/Le‑regime‑juridique‑des‑installations‑nucleaires‑de‑base/ Les‑autorisations‑de‑creation‑et‑de‑mise‑en‑service‑d‑une‑installation. 2.3.3 Consultation of particular bodies The BNI authorisation procedures also include consultation of the departmental council, the municipal councils and the CLIs for their opinion (see point 2.3.1). The CLIs also have the possibility of being heard by the ASN Commission before it issues its opinion on the draft authorisation decree submitted to ASN by the Minister responsible for nuclear safety. The CLI and the Departmental Council for the Environment and for Health and Technological Risks are consulted on the draft ASN requirements concerning water intakes, effluent discharges into the surrounding environment and the prevention or mitigation of detrimental effects of the installation for the public and the environment. 2.3.4 Consultation: for ever wider and more varied participation of the various audiences ASN ensures that these consultations allow the public and the associations concerned to contribute, in particular by verifying the quality of the licensee’s files and by trying to develop the CLI’s resources so that they can express an opinion on these files. Digital technologies and citizen participation practices are bringing ASN to change the public consultation framework to ensure effective participation of the public in the decision- making process. 2.4  The actors in the area of information 2.4.1 High Committee for Transparency and Information on Nuclear Security The High Committee for Transparency and Information on Nuclear Security (HCTISN), created by the TSN Act, is a body that informs, discusses and debates on nuclear activities, their safety and their impact on human health and the environment. It can also deal with any issue concerning the accessibility of nuclear security information and propose any measures such as to guarantee or improve transparency. The HCTISN develops opinions and makes them public. It organises four plenary meetings per year, at which major topical subjects are presented and discussed: all the presentations can be consulted online at hctisn.fr . The ASN Chairman is a member of the High Committee; ASN sits on the board of the HCTISN in an advisory capacity, takes part in its various working groups and regularly provides information on the subjects on plenary session agendas. In 2019, with the assistance of ASN, the IRSN, EDF and the National Association of Local Information Committees and Commissions (Anccli), the HCTISN set up the consultation on the continued operation of the 900 MWe reactors. At the end of 2020, all the consultation actors presented the way in which they had taken account of the public and other audiences contributions and expectations collected in 2019. All the documents relating to this consultation can be consulted on the website concertation. suretenucleaire.fr . Consultations, what they involve The public participation procedure consists in posting the draft ASN regulation on the website for at least 21 days in order to give people time to make their comments. An indicative list of the scheduled consultations on draft ASN regulations and guides having an impact on the environment is updated every three months on asn.fr . A synthesis of the remarks received, indicating how they were taken into account and a document setting out the reasons for the regulation are published on asn.fr at the latest on the date of publication of the regulation. ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2020 191 05 – INFORMING THE PUBLIC AND OTHER AUDIENCES 05