Published on 11/04/2018 at 16:30

Flamanville EPR reactor: ASN inspection on 10th April 2018

On 10th April 2018, ASN carried out an inspection on the Flamanville EPR reactor construction site to examine how the welds on the main secondary systems were checked following EDF’s discovery of welding flaws, which had not been detected during the manufacturing checks.

Published on 22/03/2018 at 10:00

Advisory Committees for nuclear safety: call for candidate applications

In order to prepare its resolutions which have the most significant nuclear safety and radiation protection implications, ASN requests opinions and recommendations from the Advisory Committees of experts (GPE) that report to it.

Published on 14/03/2018 at 11:10

Fessenheim NPP reactor 2

On 12th March 2018, ASN lifted its suspension of the pressure test certificate of steam generator N° 335, installed on Fessenheim NPP reactor 2.

Published on 28/02/2018 at 14:11

Flamanville EPR reactor project

On 7th February 2018 the ASN Commission heard EDF and Framatome management on the Flamanville EPR reactor project.

Published on 15/02/2018 at 14:22

A radiologist suffers radiation overexposure of the hands

On 20 October 2017, the Delafontaine Hospital Centre (Saint-Denis, France - 93 200) notified ASN of a significant radiation protection event affecting a radiologist performing fluoroscopy-guided interventional practices using a scanner.

Published on 08/02/2018 at 16:10

Management of radioactive waste in France - examined in depth under the auspices of the IAEA

From 15 to 24 January 2018, a delegation of 10 international experts working under the auspices of the IAEA examined the organisation of radioactive waste management in France. The experts met teams from the DGEC1, ASN, the DGPR2, IRSN, Andra, and the radioactive waste producers.

Published on 02/02/2018 at 13:26

ASN presented its New Year’s wishes to the press

On 29th January, through its Chairman, Mr Pierre-Franck Chevet, ASN presented its New Year’s wishes to the press in its Montrouge headquarters.

Published on 25/01/2018 at 17:08

Creusot Forge plant: production to resume

ASN informed Framatome and EDF that it considers that the steps taken at the Creusot Forge plant allow the production of components intended for French nuclear facilities to resume under certain conditions, more particularly, the surveillance of the activities.

Published on 22/01/2018 at 17:48

Earthquake resistance of the EDF reactor emergency diesel generator sets

In 2017, EDF notified two events significant for safety which occurred on the emergency diesel generator sets of its nuclear power reactors. ASN rated these two events level 2 on the INES scale.

Published on 16/01/2018 at 10:30

ASN considers that the Cigeo safety options constitute a significant step forwards

In April 2016, Andra sent ASN the safety options file (DOS) for the Cigeo radioactive waste deep disposal project. Submission of a DOS means that the project becomes part of a process governed by the regulations concerning basic nuclear installations (BNI), more specifically by article 6 of the decree of 2 November 2007.

Published on 22/12/2017 at 11:34

European Union: Thematic peer review - ageing management of power and research reactors

In 2014, the Council of the European Union adopted directive 2014/87/EURATOM on nuclear security. The main purpose of this directive, supplementing a directive of 2009, was to ensure that the licensees of nuclear facilities learned the lessons from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) accident which occurred in 2011.

Published on 19/12/2017 at 10:04

“IRRS” international audit mission: ASN publishes the follow-up report

From 1 to 9 October 2017, ASN received an IAEA delegation responsible for following up the Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) international audit mission carried out in 2014, covering all activities regulated by ASN.

Published on 05/12/2017 at 10:12

ASN allows restart of the reactors of the Tricastin nuclear power plant (NPP)

With the support of IRSN, ASN examined the data provided by EDF to demonstrate the seismic resistance of the Donzère-Mondragon canal embankment which protects the Tricastin NPP. ASN considers that, following the investigations and repairs carried out by EDF, the condition of the embankment allows the restart of the EDF reactors and gave its consent for the restart of reactors 2, 3 and 4.

Published on 09/11/2017 at 15:00

Ruthenium 106 in the ambient air in France: no risk identified for the population

As part of its duty of radioactivity monitoring nationwide, the French Institute for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) measured the presence of ruthenium 106 in south-eastern France, between the end of September and the beginning of October 2017, albeit at very low levels, representing a few microbecquerels per cubic metre (µBq/m3). This detection led to the distribution by IRSN of several information notices on its website.

Published on 31/10/2017 at 14:30

Level-2 incident involving the emergency diesel generator sets

L’ASN classe au niveau 2 de l’échelle INES un événement significatif pour la sûreté relatif à un défaut de résistance au séisme des systèmes auxiliaires des groupes électrogènes de secours à moteur diesel (diesels de secours) des réacteurs 2 et 5 de la centrale nucléaire du Bugey et des réacteurs 1 et 2 de la centrale nucléaire de Fessenheim. Un événement similaire a fait l’objet d’une première note d’information le 20 juin 2017 pour vingt réacteurs de 1300 MWe.

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