This number is set by the Order at three times the number set by Article 1 (Article 2). In practice, the Director General of the competent Regional Health Agency can authorise the licensee to have a number of appliances higher than the maximum authorised number. • Order of 24 October 2022 relative to the procedures and frequency of checks on the rules put into place by the party responsible for a nuclear activity This Order defines the procedures and frequency of the checks on the rules put into place by the party responsible for a nuclear activity when the activity is subject to the authorisation, registration or notification systems, mentioned in Article L. 1333-8 of the Public Health Code, and generates effluents or waste contaminated by radionuclides or liable to be so contaminated. Basic Nuclear Installations • Order of 7 February 2012 setting the general rules concerning Basic Nuclear Installations (“BNI Order”) The work to revise this Order continued in 2022. ASN RESOLUTIONS Nuclear Pressure Equipment • ASN resolution 2021-DC-0713 of 23 September 2021 relative to Nuclear Pressure Equipment (NPE), regulating the performance of certain tests and analyses (approved by the Order of 6 January 2022 approving ASN resolution 2021-DC-0713 of 23 September 2021 relative to NPE, regulating the performance of certain tests and analyses) This resolution sets out a list of tests and chemical analyses that must be performed by accredited laboratories. The list contains the complex tests and analyses for which the results are the most important in demonstrating the conformity of an equipment item, such as the tensile tests, impact strength tests, or the characterisation of certain chemical species used in the composition of alloy parts or which could be harmful to the equipment. For each test and chemical analysis, it specifies the date as of which this test is to be performed by an accredited laboratory. The resolution contains no mandatory application of any standard. The list of tests given in the resolution does however refer to international standards. Accreditation of the laboratories in accordance with these standards will enable the requirements of the resolution to be met. A laboratory will be able to apply for accreditation in accordance with any equivalent standard. • ASN resolution 2021-DC-0714 of 23 September 2021 relative to integration within a BNI of certain NPE undergoing conformity evaluation (approved by the Order of 6 January approving ASN resolution 2021-DC-0714 of 23 September 2021 relative to the integration within a BNI of certain NPE undergoing conformity evaluation) This resolution specifies the type of equipment which could be integrated when the equipment is still undergoing conformity evaluation. It also specifies how the conformity evaluation is performed on the integrated equipment as well as permanent integration assemblies. Radon • ASN resolution 2022-DC-0743 of 13 October 2022 relative to the approval conditions for the organisations in charge of the services mentioned in 1, 2 and 3 of I of Article R. 1333‑36 of the Public Health Code (approved by the Order of 23 December 2022 relative to the approval of ASN resolution 2022‑DC-0743 of 13 October 2022 relative to the approval conditions for organisations responsible for the services mentioned in 1, 2 and 3 of I of Article R. 1333‑36 of the Public Health Code) Pursuant to II of Article R. 1333-36 of the Public Health Code, this resolution sets the procedures for issuing, checking and revoking approval, the detailed list of information to be enclosed with the approval application and the approval criteria for the organisations. The prior approval process is retained and takes up the existing provisions of resolution 2009-DC-0134 of 7 April 2009 on the submission of files, their examination by ASN, the issue or refusal of an approval further to the opinion of an approval commission. The quality management requirements remain identical: the organisations are required to conduct measurements using standardised methods but are under no obligation to have an organisation subject to quality assurance. What is new in this resolution is that it defines two levels of approval, as against three at present, and updates the regulatory provisions by introducing the drafting and the new regulatory references of the Public Health Code derived from Decree 2018‑437 of 4 June 2018 relative to the protection of workers against the hazards of ionising radiation. Finally an interim provision enables the validity of the existing level 1 option B and level 2 approvals to be maintained until they expire. • ASN resolution 2022-DC-0744 of 13 October 2022 relative to the objectives, duration and content of the training programmes for persons carrying out radon activity concentration measurements (approved by the Order of 23 December 2022 relative to the approval of ASN resolution 2022-DC-0744 of 13 October 2022 relative to the objectives, duration and content of the training programmes for persons carrying out radon activity concentration measurements) Pursuant to II of Article R. 1333-36 of the Public Health Code, the resolution updates the provisions of ASN resolution 2009DC-0136 of 7 April 2009 relative to the objectives, duration and content of the training programmes for persons carrying out radon activity concentration measurements. The content of the training programme takes up that of the existing level 1 option A and level 2, while limiting the scope to the application of the provisions of the Public Health Code. The drafting was revised with regard to the teaching objectives and level of competence to be acquired, expressed in terms of knowledge and know-how. The minimum duration of level 2 training is raised to 14 hours instead of one day (a number of hours was set rather than a number of days). The “concrete cases” are replaced by “a situational exercise inside a building”. An interim provision enables the validity of the existing level 1 option A and level 2 proficiency certificates to be maintained. ABSTRACTS – ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2022 33 Regulatory News
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