IRRS follow-up mission to France - October 2017

32 7. INSPECTION 7.1. GENERIC ISSUES 2014 MISSION RECOMMENDATIONS, SUGGESTIONS S9 Suggestion: ASN should consider developing a set of internal guidance criteria for initiation of reactive inspections. Changes since the initial IRRS mission Suggestion 9: ASN performs regularly reactive inspections. The decision to perform such an inspection was taken on a case by case basis. Following the IRRS mission 2014 ASN has evaluated their experience from past reactive inspections. A draft procedure for initiating reactive inspections was presented to the IRRS team. The draft contains several criteria (mandatory and non- mandatory) to take into consideration in making a decision to perform a reactive inspection. The criteria presented to the IRRS team (e.g., INES-classification, quality of the information reported to ASN and generic aspects of the event) seem reasonable. The validation process for this draft is in the final stage. Status of the finding in the initial mission Suggestion 9 (S9) is closed on the basis of progress made and confidence in the effective completion. ASN has evaluated their experience from past reactive inspections and developed a draft procedure and the criteria for initiating reactive inspections. The validation process for this draft is in the final stage. 7.2. INSPECTION OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS 2014 MISSION RECOMMENDATIONS, SUGGESTIONS S10 Suggestion: ASN should formally analyse and, if needed, supplement the missing inspection topics in the inspection programme, to ensure that all areas of ASN regulatory responsibility are covered. S11 Suggestion: ASN should consider completing its internal documents to provide guidance for all inspection topics and update existing inspection guides. S12 Suggestion: ASN should consider finishing inspection strategy for NPPs` commissioning stage. Inspection programme including clearly defined topics should be developed well in advance before commissioning activities are started. Changes since the initial IRRS mission Suggestion 10: ASN has verified that all areas listed in the Appendix of the GS-G-1.3 were covered by their inspection programmes, either through periodic inspections or specific approaches (e.g., for the commissioning stage the guide INS-ASN-000420 for NPP (EPR)). ASN presented a related correspondence table as part of the ARM. The examples reviewed by the IRRS team did not indicate any areas of ASN responsibilities which are not covered.