the Committee. At the end of 2024, the Committee consists of Christophe Badie, Benoît De Boeck, Catherine Luccioni and Jean-Marc Cavedon, who acted as interim chairman of the Committee up to the end of the year. The Scientific Committee held two annual plenary meetings in 2024. It issued an opinion on the research work to be conducted and/or continued on the ageing of the metal materials in components that it is impossible or difficult to replace in nuclear power reactors, with a view to a decision on their continued operation up to and beyond 60 years. The opinion is published on asn.fr. As part of its investigations into the health effects arising from combined exposure to chemical pollutants and radionuclides, the Scientific Committee continued its meetings with research organisations including Andra, the French Agency for Food, Environment and Occupational Health and Safety – Anses, CEA, EDF, IRSN concerning epidemiological and ecotoxicological aspects, Santé publique France, and the members of the Anccli. The Committee issued its opinion on the identification of research on the subject at the end of 2024. It will be published on asnr.fr in 2025. The mandate of the ASN Scientific Committee ended on 31 December 2024 with the construction of ASNR and the creation of a Scientific Council, the role of which will be to support ASNR in the performance of its duty to identify research subjects to be examined or taken further in the fields of nuclear safety and radiation protection (Article L. 592-28-2 of the Environment Code). 2.5.4 ASN’s other technical support organisations To diversify its expertise and benefit from other particular skills, ASN in 2024 committed credits of about €350,000 and paid €450,000. ASN was thus able to finance the expert assessments needed for review of the safety analyses submitted by CEA concerning the Cabri nuclear facility, for analysis of the experience feedback from construction of the FA3 reactor with regard to organisational and human factors, in order to identify the areas for monitoring of the EPR 2 reactors, expert assessment of the non-radiological aspects of the safety analysis reports for the EPR 2 reactor in Penly and the 900 MWe reactors in Chinon, as well as expert assessment of the impact assessment for the Penly EPR 2 reactors. It also supported the work by a post- doctoral researcher aimed at analysing ASN safety culture through its regulation and oversight policy. Finally, it financed the creation of an adaptive technology patient monitoring register, as well as the production of an inventory of teleradiology services and practices, the results of which were published on asn.fr. 2.6 The pluralistic working groups ASN has set up several pluralistic working groups; they enable the stakeholders to take part in developing doctrines, defining action plans or monitoring their implementation. 2.6.1 The working group on the National Radioactive Material and Waste Management Plan Article L. 542-1-2 of the Environment Code requires the drafting of a National Radioactive Material and Waste Manage- ment Plan (PNGMDR), which is revised every five years and serves to review the existing management procedures for radioactive materials and waste, to identify the foreseeable needs for storage and disposal facilities, specify the necessary capacity of these facilities and the storage durations and, for radioactive waste for which there is as yet no final management solution, determine the objectives to be met. The Working Group (WG) tasked with implementing the PNGMDR notably comprises environmental protection associations, experts, representatives from industry and regulatory authorities, alongside the radioactive waste producers and managers. It is co-chaired by the General Directorate for Energy and the Climate and by ASN. This WG is part of the new governance system for the PNGMDR, which also comprises a “Guidance Committee” whose role is to inform the Ministry regarding the strategic implications of the Plan and in which ASN is a participant, although it has no voting rights. Chapter 15 presents the PNGMDR and its governance system in greater detail. 2.6.2 The Steering Committee for Managing the Nuclear Post-Accident Phase Pursuant to an Interministerial Directive of 7 April 2005 on the action of the public authorities in the case of an event leading to a radiological emergency situation, ASN – together with the ministerial departments concerned – is tasked with defining, preparing for and implementing the necessary measures to manage a post- accident situation. In order to develop a doctrine and after testing post-accident management during national and international exercises, ASN brought all the players concerned together within the Steering Committee responsible for Post-Accident Management (Codirpa). This Committee, headed by ASN, has representatives from the ministerial departments concerned, the health agencies, associations, the CLIs, and IRSN. The work of the Codirpa is presented in greater detail in chapter 4. 2.6.3 The Committee for the Analysis of New Techniques and Practices using Ionising Radiation The Committee for the Analysis of New Techniques and Practices using Ionising Radiation (Canpri) was created on 8 July 2019. This Committee is chaired by ASN and comprises 14 experts from professional organisations, appointed by ASN, along with representatives of the French health institutions (National Authority for Health – HAS, National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health products – ANSM, National Cancer Institute – INCa, IRSN) as well as the Ministries responsible for health. Canpri’s aim is to identify new techniques and practices in the medical field, analyse their radiation protection implications and to produce recommendations and conclusions, notably on the justification for these new techniques and practices, as well as on patient and worker radiation protection. The subjects dealt with by Canpri notably concern the installation in France of the ZAP-X gyroscopic radiosurgery platform, and the “flash” effect in radiotherapy. For more details on these subjects refer to point 1.3.2 of chapter 7. 2.6.4 The other pluralistic working groups Considering that it was necessary to move forward with regard to the deliberations and the work being done on the contribution of humans and organisations to the safety of nuclear facilities, ASN decided in 2012 to set up the Steering Committee for Social, Organisational and Human Factors (Cofsoh). The Cofsoh is a multi- disciplinary, pluralistic body. It is chaired by ASN. It is open to institutional representatives, environmental protection associations, RNAs, experts in human and social sciences, the CLIs, professional federations of the nuclear industries and representative employee trades union organisations. Since 2024, the Cofsoh has been organising thematic cycles lasting one year. 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