ASN Report 2021

The CLIs, whose creation is incumbent upon the President of the General Council of the département, comprise various categories of members: representatives of département General Councils, of the municipal councils or representative bodies of the groups of communities and the Regional Councils concerned, members of Parliament elected in the département, representatives of environmental protection associations, economic interests and representative trade union and medical profession union organisations, and qualified personalities. The status of the CLIs was defined by the TSN Act of 13 June 2006 and by Articles R.125-50 et seq. of the Environment Code. It was reinforced by the 2015 TECV Act. The duties and activities of the CLIs are described in chapter 5. The roles of the Local information Committees and the National Association of Local Information Committees and Commissions (Anccli) are to represent the CLIs in dealings with the national and European authorities and to provide assistance to the commissions with regard to questions of common interest. 2.5 ASN’s technical support organisations ASN benefits from the expertise of technical support organisations when preparing its decisions. IRSN is the main one. For several years now, ASN has been devoting efforts to ensuring greater diversification of its experts. 2.5.1 Institute of Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety IRSN was created by Act 2001-398 of 9 May 2001 setting up a French environmental Health Safety Agency and by Decree 2002254 of 22 February 2002 as part of the national reorganisation of nuclear safety and radiation protection regulation, in order to bring together public expert assessment and research resources in these fields. Since then, these texts have been modified, notably by Article 186 of the TECV Act and Decree 2016-283 of 10 March 2016 relating to IRSN. IRSN reports to the Ministers for the Environment, Defence, Energy, Research and Health respectively. Article L. 592-45 of the Environment Code specifies that IRSN is a State public industrial and commercial institution which carries out expert analysis and assessment and research missions in the field of nuclear safety –excluding any responsibility as nuclear licensee. IRSN contributes to information of the public and publishes the opinions requested by a public authority or ASN, in consultation with them. It organises the publicity of scientific data resulting from the research programmes run at its initiative, with the exception of those relating to defence matters. For the performance of its missions, ASN receives technical support from IRSN. As the ASN Chairman is a member of the IRSN Board, ASN contributes to setting the direction of the IRSN’s strategic planning. IRSN conducts and implements research programmes in order to build its public expertise capacity on the very latest national and international scientific knowledge in the fields of nuclear and radiological risks. It is tasked with providing technical support for the public authorities with competence for safety, radiation protection and security, in both the civilian and defence sectors. IRSN also has certain public service responsibilities, in particular monitoring of the environment and of populations exposed to ionising radiation. IRSN manages national databases (national nuclear material accounting, national inventory of ionising radiation sources, file for monitoring worker exposure to ionising radiation, etc.), and thus, contributes to information of the public concerning the risks linked to ionising radiation. The IRSN workforce As at 31 December 2021, the IRSN’s overall workforce stood at 1,725 employees, of whom 435 are devoted to ASN technical support. The IRSN budget The IRSN budget is presented in point 3. A five-year agreement defines the principles and procedures for the technical support provided to ASN by the Institute. It was renewed at the end of 2021 for the period 2022-2026. This agreement is clarified on a yearly basis by a protocol identifying the actions to be performed by IRSN to support ASN. TECV Act This 17 August 2015 Act clarifies the organisation of the system built around ASN and IRSN: ∙ It enshrines the existence and duties of IRSN within a new section 6 of the Environment Code entitled “The Institute for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety” in Chapter 2 concerning “The Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN)” of Title IX of Book V of the Environment Code. ∙ It recalls that ASN benefits from the IRSN technical support, indicating that this support comprises expert analysis and assessment activities “supported by research”. ∙ It clarifies the relations between ASN and IRSN, indicating that ASN “guides IRSN’s strategic programming concerning this technical support” and that the ASN Chairman is a member of the Board of the Institute. ∙ Finally, it also makes provision for the principle of the publication of the IRSN opinions. 2.5.2 Advisory Committees of Experts In preparing its decisions, ASN relies on the opinions and recommendations of eight Advisory Committees of Experts (GPEs). A distinction is made between the expert assessment requested from IRSN (see point 2.5.1) and that requested from the GPEs. At ASN’s request, the GPEs issue an opinion on certain technical dossiers with particularly high potential consequences prior to decisions being taken. The GPEs consist of experts appointed individually for their competence and are open to civil society. Their members come from university and association backgrounds and from expert assessment and research organisations. They may also be licensees of nuclear facilities or come from other sectors (industrial, medical, etc.). Participation by foreign experts can help diversify the approach to problems and provide the benefit of experience acquired internationally. ASN renews the composition of the Advisory Committees every four years. In 2021, they were broken down according to their areas of expertise: ∙ The Advisory Committee for Decommissioning (GPDEM) created in October 2018, ∙ the Advisory Committee for Nuclear Reactors (GPR) renewed in October 2018, ∙ the Advisory Committee for Laboratories and Plants (GPU) renewed in October 2018, ∙ the Advisory Committee for Waste (GPD) renewed in October 2018, ∙ the Advisory Committee for Transport (GPT) renewed in October 2018, ∙ the Advisory Committee for Nuclear Pressure Equipment (GPESPN) renewed in October 2018, ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2021 135 02 – THE PRINCIPLES OF NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION AND THE REGULATION AND OVERSIGHT STAKEHOLDERS 08 07 13 04 10 06 12 14 03 09 05 11 02 01 AP

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