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

40years,and then? Always…safer The issuesof the4th periodic safety review Consultationand public inquiry AUTORITÉDESÛRETÉNUCLÉAIRE #01 • SEPTEMBER2018  • NUCLEARPOWERPLANTS GOINGBEYOND40YEARS: THE ISSUESOFTHE4thPERIODICSAFETYREVIEWOF THEFRENCH900MWeNUCLEARPOWERREACTORS LES CAHIERS DE L’ASN #01 Editor: Autorité de sûreté nucléaire (ASN) 15-21, rue Louis Lejeune, 92120 Montrouge Publications Director: Pierre-Franck Chevet, ASN Chairman • Editor: Marie-Christine Bardet • Deputy Editor: Max Robin • Sub-editor: Fabienne Covard Photo credits: p.10 “Hydrotest” © ASN ; p.10 “Preserving the reactor vessel” D.R. ; p.11 “Anticipating materials wear and tear” © ASN 2018 ; p.11 “Checking containment leaktightness” © ASN/Abaca Corporate/R. Soberka ; p.12 “Improving the robustness of electricity sources” © ASN/C. Guibbaud/Sipa press ; p.12 “Reducing the risk of spent fuel pool emptying” © EDF/Guillaume Murat ; p.13 “Adding an extra system to remove energy from the containment in the event of core melt” © L. Zylberman ; p.13 “Installing a corium catcher” © EDF/Francis Chanteloup Illustrations: J. Shalev/Brief Design and production: ISSN: pending Date of publication: September 2018