Les cahiers de l'ASN #01 - Nuclear power plants: going beyond 40 years

2018 2017 2016 2013 GENERIC GUIDANCE GENERIC PERIODIC SAFETY GENERIC PERIODIC CONSUL ON THE overseen by EDF response memorandum to the review objectives (NRO***) ASN position statement on the review objectives, further to the opinion of the IRSN and the Advisory Committees and to the public consultation EDF generic guidance file Proposed review objectives and programme Partial conclusions of the generic EDF studies GENERIC PHASE OF THE 40-YEAR PERIODIC Work ona large-scale The periodic safety review* is a process which begins well before the assessment of the facility (the ten-yearly outage inspection*) and the work which will enable the reactor’s safety to be improved. This work is carried out over a period of several years and must receive ASN authorisation before it can be started. In the same way as for requirements concerning the conformity of the facility, this aspect of the periodic safety review* will be the subject of field checks by the ASN inspectors. 14 • Les cahiers de l’ASN • September 2018