This table presents the most significant events over the year 2005 on each nuclear power plant. All incidents and generic anomalies can be consulted on the ASN web site (www.asn.gouv.fr) under the "Actualité" heading. Finally, additional information is obtainable from the DRIREs concerned.

BELLEVILLE
Site:
Administrative regularisation of the mechanical metalworking shop: technical requirements notified to the licensee by the ASN.
Signature of the order of 18 August 2005 authorising the site to modify the flood protection works.

BLAYAIS
Site:
Activation of an on-site emergency plan and triggering of the national emergency response organisation following a pressure rise in the reactor cooling system during an outage, leading to threshold overshoot on 27 October 2005.
Renewal of ISO 14001 certification.
Continued dredging of the Gironde river at the water intakes to prevent clogging by mud.
Real-time monitoring of thermal discharges into the Gironde, leading to adaptation of reactor power during the summer.
OSART mission in May 2005.
Reactor n°4:
Performance of the second ten-yearly outage.

BUGEY
Site:
Submission of a file concerning construction of a processing centre for pathogenic waste from the cooling towers.
Reactor n°3:
Outage for maintenance and refuelling with hydrotest on main secondary system.

CHINON
Site:
In-depth inspection from 7 to 11 March 2005 on the subject of fire, mobilising 9 inspectors for one week: this inspection in particular entailed a large-scale exercise involving activation of the on-site emergency plan and mobilisation of 23 vehicles from the departmental fire and emergency services.
Signature of the prefectoral order of 9 November 2005 authorising the site to build a temporary weir on the Loire river at Avoine and la Chapelle-sur-Loire, during severe low-water periods.
Approval for addition of equipment, construction and commissioning of monochloramine treatment installations on the secondary systems cooling systems.
Signature of the 17 August 2005 order modifying the 20 May 2003 order authorising water intake and discharge of liquid and gaseous effluent from the site.
Dredging of the intake channel.
Reactor n°3
Post-maintenance testing of the main secondary systems in application of the order of 10 November 1999.