1.1.1 The website asn.fr With more than 850,000 visits in 2024, the asn.fr website is at the heart of ASN’s information organisation. It posts the draft opinions and resolutions that represent the most important issues for public consultation. The website is also a reference source of information for the more informed audiences: citizen experts, professionals, members of environmental associations. In all, nearly 3.5 million pages of the website were viewed in 2024. The aim of the website is to facilitate access to its 25,000-odd pages devoted to the oversight of nuclear safety and radiation protection, the regulations, and ASN’s actions in the areas of health, industry and nuclear research. Content and functionalities are available under the same conditions whatever the medium used (computer, telephone, tablet), in accordance with the accessibility standards in effect and the requirements of the Act for a Digital Republic. A high-performance search engine and a map of the facilities (nuclear power, industrial and medical) provide for fast and precise browsing. The website endeavours to facilitate access to the desired information according to the audiences: ∙workers in the sectors subject to ASN oversight and regulation (for the on-line services and forms in particular), technical experts, lawyers, people living near nuclear facilities, patients and medical practitioners, elected officials and journalists can access the news of the sites or the inspection documents that interest them: inspection follow-up letters, significant event notices, etc.; ∙citizens interested in the safety issues and wishing to be involved in the decision-making process. Educational content (videos, computer graphics, topical files) is available and the “public consultation” module has been improved. ASN has stepped up the fraud prevention and detection measures following the discovery of irregularities in the Creusot Forge plant in 2016, with the organisation in 2024 of a webinar on the subject in collaboration with Anccli, and the publication of a dedicated guide (see box next page). The asn.fr website has a secured form for reporting cases of fraud in the nuclear sector. This application guarantees the protection of whistle-blowers and confidential treatment of the information received. Of the 74 reports ASN received in 2024, 46 were made via the on-line reporting portal of asn.fr. As of 1 January 2025, the website of the French Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (ASNR) asnr.fr provides access to the information and services available on the previous websites of ASN and IRSN. 1.1.2 The social networks The website content, which can be consulted on smartphones or tablets, is also shared on the main social media (primarily X, Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn). The news feeds of the ASN social media accounts convey the main position statements. The major events in which ASN participates (parliamentary hearings, public meetings) are announced and can be followed in real time on the social networks. ASN’s social media accounts would also be used to inform the public in an emergency situation. ASN’s news was followed and passed on in 2024 by more than 17,500 subscribers on X, more than 55,000 on LinkedIn and 4,900 on Facebook. In 2025, the ASN and IRSN accounts are replaced by those of ASNR on X, LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. 1.1.3 The ASN/IRSN exhibition As part of their duty to inform the public, ASN and IRSN have created educational content intended for high school pupils, students, employees, hospital personnel, patients, etc., and for the citizens in general. Comprising more than 80 display boards covering eleven themes, the exhibition, entitled “Radioactivité – découvrir et comprendre” (Learning about and ”National resilience day”: raising public awareness at the “resilience village” event in Belleville‑sur‑Loire (Cher département) On 6, 7 and 8 November 2024, Belleville‑sur‑Loire hosted the “Atom’Investigation” village, an event to raise awareness to nuclear risks baptised “National resilience day”. On this occasion, ASN organised two events which were attended by nearly 900 visitors. The organisation of the “Atom’Investigation” resilience village is the result of a collective effort (26 partner entities) coordinated by the Prefecture of the Cher département. Bringing together nuclear and radiological risk actors (ASN, IRSN, Anccli, French National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management – Andra, EDF, Departmental Fire and Emergency Services – SDIS, CLIs, French Institute of Instructors-Major Risks and Environmental Protection – Iffo-RME, etc.), the village was inaugurated on 6 November by the Prefect of the Cher département in the presence of Géraldine Pina, ASN Commissioner. Scheduled between the campaign of preventive distribution of stable iodine tables (launched on 15 September) and the emergency exercise at Belleville‑sur‑Loire (21 and 22 November), “Atom’Investigation” aimed to develop knowledge of the nuclear risk, prepare the public for a nuclear accident and develop collective resilience. ASN proposed two events: one entitled “Returning to your home after a nuclear accident” was based on a role game on the post-accident theme (see below); the other devoted to nuclear safety used the display boards of the ASN‑IRSN exhibition. These events were attended by nearly 700 pupils (32 classes), 52 accompanying adults and about a hundred local residents, who used the opportunity to ask any questions they had. This positive experience feedback will be useful to ASNR in what, since 1 January 2025, constitutes one of its new duties, namely “to contribute to the development of a radiation protection culture in the citizens” (Article 1 of Act 2024‑450 of 21 May 2024). The role game “Returning to your home after a nuclear accident” Developed by ASN with the support of Iffo-RME, this role game is based on the use of a play mat representing an area close to an accident-stricken nuclear facility. Magnets to be positioned on the play mat prompt the players to reflect upon what will become of an area contaminated by radioactivity. The objective is to avoid a number of misrepresentations and to explain, for example, the difference between contamination and irradiation, or to understand that an accident at a nuclear power plant in France would not result in a nuclear explosion. This is a prerequisite for presenting the approach for winning back an area after an accident. This approach is addressed through the presentation of decontamination techniques, prioritisation of the objectives (what should you decontaminated first?), and the benefits for citizens of measuring the radioactivity in their environment. 186 ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2024 Informing and involving the various audiences
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