2.8.2 Assessment of health and safety, professional relations and quality of employment in the Nuclear Power Plants Certain occupational risk situations, such as those relating to work equipment (lifting gear in particular), exposure to asbestos, or electrical risks, must be improved further. In addition, the various inspections carried out by the labour inspectors brought to light weaknesses in the organisation on the sites for the correct performance of electrical checks or for coordination of these checks between the various EDF entities. In 2023, ASN will continue its oversight of these fields. In 2022, the social climate deteriorated, notably within the outside contractors, leading the labour inspectorate to intervene in the settlement of disputes, whether individual or collective. The NPPs were also affected by local labour movements in response to the calls from national trades union organisations, notably driven by requests for increased wages. ASN observes that the total number of occupational accidents in the NPPs, affecting EDF employees and the employees of outside contractors, is up in 2022. However, the number of accidents with time lost is down by comparison with 2021. 63% of the accidents concern outside contractors. More than half of the “near accidents” concern critical risks: 21 % concern lifting operations, 18 % electrical risks and 14 % falls from height. Moreover, the labour inspectors observe numerous “near accidents”, with an analysis of the causes revealing errors in risk assessment, problems with understanding the risks, or a lack of expertise in equipment electrical lock-outs. Progress is still required in 2023 in the field of joint contractor management (quality of prevention plans in particular) and the use of subcontracting. Work by outside contractors in the NPPs will be given particularly close attention by the ASN labour inspectors in 2023. GRAPH Collective dose for one hour of work in a controlled area (in µSv) 6 4 5 6 7 8 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 Source : EDF. essenheim jusqu'en 2020. 6.20 6.43 5.39 5.85 5.87 5.45 5.40 5.80 GRAPH Mean collective dose per reactor (Man.Sv/reactor) 5 0.00 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Source : EDF. This Graph includes data from the Fessenheim NPP until 2020. 0.67 0.79 0.72 0.71 0.76 0.74 0.61 0.67 0.61 0.73 0.68 308 ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2022 • 10 • The EDF Nuclear Power Plants 10
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