Greater public participation The public is involved in each phase of the periodic safety review process: In 2019, ASN consulted the public on its position regarding the guidelines of the review; In 2022 and 2023, ASN took part in a cycle of meetings organised jointly with the IRSN*, the Anccli* and EDF, in order to collate the expectations and queries of the public concerning the periodic safety review*; In 2024, a prior consultation on the generic phase of the 4th periodic safety review* of the 1,300 MWe reactors will be organised by the HCTISN* to collect the public’s opinion on EDF’s Fulfilment Report. ASN will take part in this consultation; In 2025, ASN will consult the public on its draft resolution regarding the generic phase of the 4th periodic safety review of the 1,300 MWe reactors. This resolution will regulate the continued operation of the reactors concerned by means of generic prescriptions; A public inquiry* will then be held at the local level, reactor by reactor, following the ten‑yearly outage inspections*; Finally, and for each reactor, ASN will obtain the public’s opinion on its draft resolution on the conditions for continued operation of the reactor concerned. The French NPPs were initially designed for a service life of 40 years. Most of them are today between 30 and 40 years old. Some are today proposing to extend their service life up to 50 years. Are you in favour of or opposed to this extension? Every year, ASN conducts a survey to obtain the opinion of the general public and residents living around NPPs with regard to nuclear safety in France, and their positions concerning nuclear energy. The French population is increasingly in favour of extending the service lifetime of the NPPs. A majority now share this opinion. Survey conducted by Kantar Public, between October and December 2022, with 2,033 respondents, including 267 local residents 0-10 km around a Basic Nuclear Installation (BNI*) and 282 residents 11-20 km around a BNI*. Question Don’t know Don’t know Don’t know Strongly opposed Strongly opposed Strongly opposed Relatively opposed Relatively opposed Relatively opposed Relatively favourable Relatively favourable Relatively favourable Very favourable Very favourable Very favourable 6% 15% 5% 12% 6% 5% 24% 21% 27% 45% 45% 50% 13% 13% 13% BNI residents* 0-10 km BNI residents 11-20 km General public In 2019, the main observations from the general public collected during the consultation organised by ASN about its draft position statement regarding the generic guidelines for the “40 year” periodic safety review concerned: • ageing of reactor pressure vessels, • a comparison between the 1,300 MWe reactors and the third-generation EPR* type reactors, • the detrimental effects caused by the facilities in normal operation (discharges into the air and into water, noise, waste, etc.), • the management of deviations and anomalies that could affect the nuclear reactors. The issues of the 4th periodic safety review of the 1,300 MWe nuclear reactors • 17
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