ASN Annual report 2024

Contents General information about Nuclear Power Plants p. 297 1.1 General presentation of a Pressurised Water Reactor 1.2 Safety principles 1.3 The core, fuel and its management 1.4 The primary system and the secondary systems 1.5 The secondary system cooling system 1.6 The containment 1.7 The main auxiliary and safeguard systems 1.8 The other systems important for safety 1.9 The “hardened safety core” improving resistance to extreme events 1.10 The specific features of the Flamanville EPR reactor Monitoring the nuclear safety of the reactors in operation p. 301 2.1 Fuel 2.1.1 Fuel in the reactor 2.1.2 Assessment of the condition of the fuel in the reactor 2.2 Nuclear pressure equipment 2.2.1 Design and manufacturing of Nuclear Pressure Equipment 2.2.2 Assessment of the design and manufacturing of Nuclear Pressure Equipment 2.2.3 Operation of Nuclear Pressure Equipment 2.2.4 Assessment of operation of Nuclear Pressure Equipment 2.3 The containments 2.3.1 The containments 2.3.2 Assessment of the containments 2.4 Organisation for reactor operations 2.4.1 Reactor operations 2.4.2 Assessment of reactor operations and operational documentation 2.4.3 The Operating Experience Feedback process 2.4.4 Assessment of the Operating Experience Feedback process 2.4.5 Protection against internal and external hazards 2.4.6 Assessment of the risk prevention measures relating to hazards 2.5 Conformity and maintenance of the installations 2.5.1 Maintenance of the installations and management of subcontracted activities 2.5.2 Assessment of maintenance and subcontracted activities 2.5.3 Regulation of the conformity of facilities with the applicable requirements 2.5.4 Assessment of oversight of facilities compliance with the applicable requirements 2.6 Prevention and management of environmental and health impacts and non-radiological risks 2.6.1 Water intake, discharges, waste management and health impacts 2.6.2 Prevention and control of the non-radiological risks 2.6.3 Assessment of control of environmental and health impacts and non-radiological hazards 2.7 Radiation protection of workers 2.7.1 Exposure of workers to ionising radiation 2.7.2 Assessment of worker radiation protection 2.8 Labour law in the Nuclear Power Plants 2.8.1 Labour inspection in the Nuclear Power Plants 2.8.2 Assessment of health and safety, professional relations and quality of employment in the Nuclear Power Plants Continued operation of the Nuclear Power Plants p. 318 3.1 The age of Nuclear Power Plants 3.2 The periodic safety review 3.3 Ongoing periodic safety reviews in the Nuclear Power Plants 3.3.1 The 900 MWe reactors 3.3.2 The 1,300 MWe reactors 3.3.3 The 1,450 MWe reactors Oversight of the Flamanville EPR reactor p. 322 4.1 The commissioning authorisation 4.2 Monitoring start-up and the beginning of reactor operations Regulation and oversight of the EPR 2 reactors project p. 323 1 2 3 4 5 ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2024 295

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