ASN thus approves organisations so that they can perform the technical inspections or verifications required by the regulations in the fields within its scope of competence: ∙ radiation protection verifications; ∙ measurement of radon activity concentration in premises open to the public; ∙ assessment of NPE conformity and inspection of PE in service. In order to approve the applicant organisations, ASN ensures that they perform the inspections in accordance with their technical, organisational and ethical obligations and in compliance with the rules of professional good practice. Compliance with these provisions should enable the required level of quality to be obtained and maintained. ASN ensures that benefit is gained from the approval, in particular through regular exchanges with the organisations it has approved and the mandatory submission of an annual report. In 2020, the Organisations Approved for Radiation Protection (OARP) verifications carried out 47,115 verifications, with the breakdown per type of source and per field being given in Table 2. The reports of the verifications performed in each facility by the OARP verifications are at the disposal of and examined by ASN personnel on the occasion of: ∙ licence renewals or modifications requiring ASN authorisation; ∙ inspections. Examination of these reports on the one hand makes it possible to check that the mandatory verifications have actually been carried out and, on the other, enables the licensees to be questioned about the steps taken to remedy any nonconformities. ASN also approves laboratories to conduct analyses requiring a high level of measurement quality if the results are to be usable. It thus approves laboratories to monitor radioactivity in the environment (see point 4.3). The updated list of approvals issued by ASN is available on asn.fr. In addition, on the advice of the standing sub-committee in charge of the carriage of dangerous goods within the High Council for the Prevention of Technological Risks, ASN approved: ∙ the training organisations for drivers of vehicles carrying radioactive materials; two organisations have been approved; ∙ the organisations responsible for certifying the conformity of packagings designed to contain 0.1 kg or more of uranium hexafluoride (UF6); ∙ the organisations responsible for type approval of tank containers and swap tanks intended for the carriage of class 7 dangerous goods; ∙ the organisations responsible for the initial and periodic inspections of tanks intended for the carriage of class 7 dangerous goods. Two organisations are approved for the qualification of tankcontainers and for certification of the conformity of UF6 packaging. As at 31 December 2021, the following are approved or accredited by ASN: ∙ 29 organisations responsible for radiation protection verifications. Five approval renewals were delivered in 2021; ∙ 94 organisations tasked with measuring radon activity concentration in buildings. Eight of these organisations can also carry out measurements in cavities and underground structures, while 12 are approved to identify sources and means of radon ingress into buildings. In 2021, ASN issued 71 new approvals or approval renewals; ∙ 4 organisations qualified for NPE inspections as part of the new NPE conformity assessment; ∙ 2 organisations qualified for NPE inspections as part of in-service monitoring; ∙ 3 organisations qualified for PE and Simple Pressure Vessels (RPS) within the perimeter of BNIs (in-service monitoring); ∙ 17 inspection departments qualified for in-service monitoring of PE and RPS within the perimeter of NPPs; ∙ 67 laboratories for environmental radioactivity measurements covering 945 approvals, of which 148 are approvals or approval renewals delivered during 2021. In 2022, the regulations concerning the verifications performed and services provided by the OARP and for radon measurement will change. Since 1 January 2022, ASN resolution 2010-DC-0175 of 4 February 2010 defining the procedures for verification of the OARPs is no longer applicable with regard to verifications performed under the Labour Code. Current regulations defining the procedures for approval of OARP verifications (ASN resolution 2010-DC-0191 of 22 July 2010) and the verifications they perform under the Public Health Code (resolution 2010-DC-0175) will be modified in 2022: ∙ the rules that those in charge of nuclear activities will need to have verified by an OARP will primarily concern the management of effluent and waste, defined in ASN resolution 2008DC-0095 of 29 January 2008, as well as the design, operation and maintenance of in vivo nuclear medicine facilities, defined in ASN resolution 2014-DC-0463 of 23 October 2014; ∙ ASN resolution 2010-DC-0191 of 22 July 2010 will be revised in 2022: the draft ASN resolution repealing this resolution was opened for public consultation in December 2021. The ASN resolutions concerning the organisations approved for measurement of radon will also be updated in 2022 in order to take account notably of the recent changes to the Labour Code because, since 1 January 2022, only accredited organisations can conduct the initial verification of workplaces mentioned in Article R. 4451-44 of the Labour Code. TABLE Radiation protection verifications performed in 2020 by the organisations approved for radiation protection verifications MEDICAL VETERINARY RESEARCH / TEACHING INDUSTRY EXCLUDING BNIs BNIs TOTAL Sealed sources 1,686 6 1,472 8,959 9,155 21,278 Unsealed sources 351 12 732 456 1,479 3,030 Mobile electrical generators of ionising radiation 2,247 245 130 650 36 3,308 Fixed electrical generators of ionising radiation 11,923 742 579 5,275 211 18,730 Particle accelerators 402 3 204 146 14 769 Total 16,609 1,008 3,117 15,486 10,895 47,115 2 ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2021 147 03 – REGULATION OF NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES AND EXPOSURE TO IONISING RADIATION 08 07 13 04 10 06 12 14 03 09 05 11 02 01 AP
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