- 15 - SUMMARY OF THE TARGETED INSPECTIONS CARRIED OUT IN 2011 ON TOPICS RELATED TO THE FUKUSHIMA ACCIDENT 1. Introduction In addition to the complementary safety assessments, ASN conducted a campaign of targeted inspections on topics related to the Fukushima accident. These inspections, carried out on all the nuclear facilities considered to be high-priority, were designed to check the actual conformity of the licensee's equipment and organisation in the field with the existing safety frame of reference. The following topics were covered by these inspections: protection against external hazards, in particular against earthquakes and flooding, the loss of electrical power supplies, the loss of heat sinks, operational management of radiological emergency situations. 1.1 Organisation of the targeted inspections 38 inspections were scheduled and carried out by teams comprising several ASN inspectors accompanied by representatives from the IRSN. This campaign of inspections represented 100 days of inspection in the field. These inspections, referred to as "targeted" inspections were scheduled between June and October 2011. For each of the given sites, the inspections lasted several days (not necessarily continuous) and involved spot-checks on all the topics mentioned above. The inspections were based on a frame of reference common to the nuclear power plants (NPP) on the one hand, as well as the other civil nuclear facilities on the other, with preference being given to field visits over documentary checks. This summary contains the observations most representative of each facility category and is not therefore exhaustive. All the requests submitted by the ASN inspectors are nonetheless available in the follow-up letters sent out to the licensees. The references of these follow-up letters are provided in the appendix. The conclusions of the targeted inspections enabled ASN to complete its analysis of the complementary safety assessment reports, so that it could issue additional requirements aimed at strengthening the nuclear safety of the facilities. 1.2 Transparency and public information In the same way as all the other ASN inspection follow-up letters, those concerning the post-Fukushima targeted inspections were published on the ASN's website (www.asn.fr). In addition, ASN wanted to involve the representatives of civil society in its inspections. ASN thus proposed that the local information committees (CLI) of the nuclear facilities and the French High Committee for Transparency and Information on Nuclear Security (HCTISN) participate in a number of the targeted inspections as observers, subject to the approval of the licensee. ASN also invited inspectors from the German, Swiss, Belgian and Luxembourg nuclear safety regulators to attend a number of targeted inspections in France. 51 outside observers thus took part in the targeted inspections performed by ASN, primarily on the nuclear power plants.
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