and explain the French approach and practices with regard to nuclear safety and radiation protection and to gain a greater understanding of practices abroad. It provides the countries concerned with useful information about the safety of French nuclear facilities, more specifically those which are located close to the borders. The DRI coordinates ASN representation in cooperative structures created under bilateral agreements or arrangements, but also within formal international bodies such as the European Union (European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group –ENSREG, which it chairs), the IAEA or the NEA. It ensures similar coordination in the more informal structures taking the form of associations (e.g.: Western European Nuclear Regulators Association –WENRA, International Nuclear Regulators Association –INRA, Heads of European Radiation Control Authorities –HERCA) or cooperative groups under multilateral State-based initiatives (e.g.: Nuclear Safety and Security Working Group –NSSG, under the G7). ∙ The General Secretariat (SG) helps to provide ASN with the adequate, appropriate and long-term resources necessary for it to function. It is responsible for managing human resources, including with regard to skills, and for developing social dialogue. It is also responsible for ASN real estate policy and its logistical and material resources. It is in charge of implementing the ASN budget policy and ensures optimised use of its financial resources. The SG comprises three offices: “Human Resources”, “Budget and Finance”, “Logistics and Real Estate”. ∙ The Management and Expertise Office (MEA) provides ASN with a high level of expertise. It ensures that ASN’s actions are coherent, by means of a quality approach and by overseeing coordination of the workforce. The MEA consists of six staff in charge of expert appraisals, research, quality and relations with IRSN. The MEA is in charge of overseeing the research network and the quality network at ASN. ∙ The Oversight Support Office (MSC) ensures that the inspections carried out by ASN are pertinent, harmonised, effective and in line with ASN’s values. For this purpose, it more particularly coordinates the processes involved in drawing up and monitoring the ASN inspection programme to check the approved organisations of the departments. ASN regional divisions For many years, ASN has benefited from a regional organisation built around its eleven regional divisions. These regional divisions operate under the authority of the regional representatives. The Director of the Dreal or of the Driee, in which the division in question is located, takes on this responsibility as regional representative. He/she is placed at the disposal of ASN to fulfil this role. This person is delegated with power of signature by the ASN Chairman for decisions at the local level. The regional divisions carry out most of the direct inspections on the BNIs, on radioactive substance transport operations and on small-scale nuclear activities, and review most of the authorisation applications filed with ASN by the nuclear activity managers within their regions. They are organised into two to four hubs, depending on the activities to be regulated in their territory. In emergency situations, the regional divisions assist the Prefect, who is in charge of protecting the general public, and, as applicable, the defence zone Prefect, and supervise the operations carried out to ensure the safety of the facility on the site. In order to prepare these situations, they take part in drawing up the emergency plans drafted by the Prefects and in periodic emergency exercises. The regional divisions contribute to ASN’s public information duty. They for example take part in the meetings of the Local Information Committees (CLIs) and maintain regular relations with the local media, elected officials, associations, licensees and local administrations. 2.3.3 Operation Human resources As at 31 December 2021, ASN’s overall workforce stood at 519, distributed between the head office departments (291 staff), the regional divisions (226 staff) and various international organisations (2 staff). This workforce can be further broken down as follows: ∙ 451 tenured or contract staff; ∙ 68 staff seconded by public establishments (National Radioactive Waste Management Agency –Andra, Assistance publique THE REGIONAL DIVISION HEADS A. Neveu B. Lauras S. Garnier M. Champion M. Riquart N. Khater R. Zmyslony P. Bois A. Baltzer A. Manchon E. Jambu 130 ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2021 02 – THE PRINCIPLES OF NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION AND THE REGULATION AND OVERSIGHT STAKEHOLDERS
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