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

56% of the general public are against extending the service life of the NPPs . The informed public is divided on the issue: 51% are favourable . Finally, the closer the public lives to a nuclear facility, the more favourable they are to its continued operation: 62% of those living near nuclear facilities are favourable . 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 53 53 56 39 39 37 54 56 39 37 2015 2016 2017 62 56 51 33 47 37 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 60 61 38 56 51 54 46 44 40 37 INFORMED PUBLIC % Opposed % Favourable 51 % 46 % 13 % 38 % 27 % 19 % LOCAL RESIDENTS % Opposed % Favourable 62 % 33 % 21 % 48 % 12 % 14 % 5 % 3 % GENERAL PUBLIC % Opposed % Favourable 37 % 56 % 32 % 31 % 25 % 7 % 5 % Relatively favourable Very favourable Relatively opposed Strongly opposed Don’t know Every year, ASN conducts an opinion survey among the general public, local residents and the informed public regarding nuclear safety in France and their positions regarding nuclear energy. The French NPPs were initially designed for a service life of 40 years. Most of them are today between 30 and 40 years old. Today there are proposals for extending this service life by 10 years or more. Are you in favour of or opposed to this extension? ASN 2017 OPINION SURVEY Q 1 4th periodic safety review of the French 900 MWe nuclear power reactors • 17