ASN Report 2020

2.4.3 The future registration system (simplified authorisation) After having drawn up the guiding principles establishing the general framework for the future registration system in 2019, then, in mid-2020, having submitted the draft texts for public consultation, ASN has finished preparing the resolutions concerning this new administrative system. In practice, two resolutions regulate this system: one relative to nuclear activities for medical purposes (see chapter 7, Table 2), the other relative to nuclear activities in the industrial, research and veterinary sectors. ASN resolution 2012-DC-0703 of 4 February 2021 will, subject to ministerial approval, enter into force on 1 July 2021. This system will apply to certain sources of ionising radiation, whether in the form of sealed or unsealed radioactive sources, and X‑ray generators, where the risks and drawbacks of possessing or using them can be prevented by complying with the specific general requirements set by the resolution. The resolution therefore defines, apart from the nuclear activities concerned, the content of the simplified authorisation application and the conditions for exercising (specific general requirements) the nuclear activity with which the licensees must comply. Its entry into effect will mark the second stage – following that of extension of the notification system – of effective implementation of the reform of small-scale nuclear activity regulation, aiming to better materialise a graded approach to the risks. The resolution effectively implies significant alleviations in the administrative procedures compared with those for nuclear activities subject to licensing, such as: a simplified application (both in the information and the substantiation documents to provide), ten‑year registration validity by default (and even unlimited validity by default for certain nuclear activities), the possibility of applying for registration via the online registration service 252 ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2020 08 – SOURCES OF IONISING RADIATION AND THEIR INDUSTRIAL, VETERINARY AND RESEARCH APPLICATIONS GRAPH 8 Trend in the number of industrial radiography events reported to ASN 0 5 10 15 20 25 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 In BNIs Outside BNIs Note : the 24 events of 2018 and the 26 events of 2019 led to 25 and 27 notifications to ASN respectively. In both cases, one event was reported twice by both the ordering customer and the industrial radiography contractor. GRAPH 9 Main factors contributing to the industrial radiography events reported to ASN over the 2018-2020 period 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Loss of source control Cordoning off Damage to the projector Abnormal exposure of workers Miscellaneous