ASN Report 2020

Administrative tracking of radioactive sources Articles R. 1333‑154, 156 and 157 of the Public Health Code provide for the prior registration by the IRSN (French Institute of Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety) of transfers of radioactive sources and Article R. 1333‑158 for administrative tracking of these sources. ASN resolution 2015-DC-0521 of 8 September 2015 relative to the tracking and methods of registering radionuclides in the form of radioactive sources and products or devices containing them details the methods of registering transfers and the rules for tracking radionuclides in the form of radioactive sources. This resolution, applicable as of 1 January 2016, takes into account the existing mode of functioning and supplements it as follows by: ཛྷ grading source administrative tracking according to how dangerous the sources are; ཛྷ confirming the non-registration of sources whose activity is below the exemption thresholds; ཛྷ imposing deadlines between the registering of source transfer and the actual transfer; ཛྷ making it an obligation for each source to be accompanied by a “source certificate” indicating all its characteristics and which must be transmitted to the IRSN within two months after receiving the source. ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2020 251 08 – SOURCES OF IONISING RADIATION AND THEIR INDUSTRIAL, VETERINARY AND RESEARCH APPLICATIONS 08 GRAPH 6 Radioactive source “user” licenses and notifications issued each year 0 200 400 600 800 1,000 New licenses Renewals/updates Cancellations 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 GRAPH 7 “User” licenses and notification acknowledgements issued for electrical devices generating radiation 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 Number of facilities Notifications Licenses 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020