ASN Report 2020

The production of the 5th edition of the PNGMDR was, for the first time, preceded by a public debate, organised by the National Public Debates Commission (CNDP). The debate was held between April and September 2019 under the aegis of a special public debates commission (CPDP) and enabled the public to express their opinions on the main topics related to the management of radioactive materials and waste. In November 2019, the CNDP and the CPDP published their conclusions following this debate. On 21 February 2020, the Ministry in charge of energy and ASN published their decision as a result of the pub- lic debate . This decision specifies the main outlines of this 5th edition for each management route. It more specifically makes provision for a process including greater involvement by the stakeholders in the production of the subsequent editions. In the light of the conclusions of the public debate, ASN, together with the Ministry for Ecological Transition (MTE), decided to no longer be co-owner of the next PNGMDR . The Government will henceforth be the sole signatory to the Plan. ASN nonetheless continues to be involved and, jointly with the MTE, co-chairs the PNGMDR working group. This pluralistic group meets several times a year to monitor the implementation of the plan. ASN analysed the studies specified in the Order of 23 February 2017, for the purposes of the 2016-2018 edition of the PNGMDR, and in 2020 and 2021, it issued six opinions for each of the main management routes. A seventh opinion should be published in the second third of 2021 . The main guidelines of the fifth Plan Planning Act 2006-739 of 28 June 2006 on the sustainable management of radioactive materials and waste stipulated the periodic drafting of a National Radioactive Materials and Waste Management Plan ( Plan national de gestion des matières et déchets radioactifs –PNGMDR). In concrete terms, the PNGMDR gives a detailed inventory of radioactive materials and waste management routes, whether operational or to be deployed, and then makes recommendations or sets targets to develop these routes. CEA’s Cedra facility in Cadarache 32 ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2020 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS AND WASTE