IRRS follow-up mission to France - October 2017

27 5. AUTHORIZATION 5.1. GENERIC ISSUES There were no findings in this area in the initial IRRS mission. 5.2. AUTHORIZATION OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS There were no findings in this area in the initial IRRS mission. 5.3. AUTHORIZATION OF RESEARCH REACTORS There were no findings in this area in the initial IRRS mission. 5.4. AUTHORIZATION OF FUEL CYCLE FACILITIES There were no findings in this area in the initial IRRS mission. 5.5. AUTHORIZATION OF RADIOACTIVEWASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES There were no findings in this area in the initial IRRS mission. 5.6. AUTHORIZATION OF RADIATION SOURCES FACILITIES 2014 MISSION RECOMMENDATIONS, SUGGESTIONS R7 Recommendation: The regulatory body should ensure a more consistent implementation of the graded approach for the authorization of radiation sources and facilities. S7 Suggestion: ASN should consider extending the practice of issuing the authorization for radiation sources and facilities to the appropriate legal entity to ensure that the holder of the authorization can assume the full responsibility of their activities. R8 Recommendation: The Government should clearly define in the regulatory framework the responsibilities of ASN with regard to the national sealed sources register. Changes since the initial IRRS mission Recommendation 7: The legislative part of the Public Health Code (PHC) has been updated to reflect the European Basic Safety Standard and its regulatory part is being updated. It will come into effect in early 2018 after the on-going review by the Council of State. This will introduce an additional category of authorization known as “Registration”. This will increase the number of different types of authorization from 2 to 3 which is consistent with the European Basic Safety Standard as shown in the schematic below: