IRRS follow-up mission to France - October 2017

30 6. REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT 6.1. GENERIC ISSUES There were no findings in this area in the initial IRRS mission. 6.2. REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS 2014 MISSION RECOMMENDATIONS, SUGGESTIONS S8 Suggestion: The regulatory body should consider issuing internal guidance on the review and assessment activities to be undertaken in the frame of the periodic safety reviews covering all safety factors of SSG-25. Changes since the initial IRRS mission Suggestion 8: The IRRS team was informed that ASN is currently working on a resolution “Periodic Safety Review” related to all basic nuclear installations. The consultation of the public which is mandatory for an ASN resolution is already completed. Developing the resolution ASN took the relevant aspects of SSG-25 into account. ASN presented the related document (Orientation and Justification file) to the IRRS Team. ASN plans to publish the resolution in 2017. The IRRS team was informed that ASN plans to issue internal guidance for NPPs after the publication of the regulatory decision in 2017. ASN's plan to proceed seems reasonable to the IRRS team. An internal guidance on periodic safety review (PSR)-activities related to non NPP-facilities was issued by ASN at the end of 2015. The IRRS teamwas informed that ASNplans to use the feedback from the application of this guide to write the guidance for NPPs. For PSR currently under review ASN formalized the areas to be covered in the PSR in a public letter dated April 2016. Status of the finding in the initial mission Suggestion 8 (S8) remains open. ASN is currently working on a resolution “Periodic Safety Review” related to all basic nuclear installations. In developing this resolution, ASN took the relevant aspects of SSG-25 into account. This resolution is not yet published. 6.3. REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT FOR RESEARCH REACTORS There were no findings in this area in the initial IRRS mission. 6.4. REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT FOR FUEL CYCLE FACILITIES There were no findings in this area in the initial IRRS mission. 6.5. REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES There were no findings in this area in the initial IRRS mission. 6.6. REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT FOR RADIATION SOURCES FACILITIES There were no findings in this area in the initial IRRS mission.