ASN Report 2015

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In 2015, two resolutions were adopted to supplement
the implementation procedures of the BNI Order of
7th February 2012.
ASN resolution 2015-DC-0508 of 21st April 2015
concerning the study of waste management and the
inventory of waste produced in the BNIs
ASN resolution 2015-DC-0508 of 21st April 2015
concerning the study of waste management and the
inventory of waste produced in the BNIs clarifies the
rules applicable to management of the waste produced
in BNIs, in particular:
• the contents of the wastemanagement study stipulated
in paragraph 3° of section II of Article 20 of the above-
mentionedDecree of 2ndNovember 2007 andArticle 6.4
of the above-mentioned Order of 7th February 2012;
• the procedures concerning the definition and
management of the waste zoning plan mentioned in
Article 6.3 of the above-mentionedOrder of 7thFebruary
2012;
• the contents and procedures for producing the waste
inventory stipulated in Article 6.6 of the above-
mentioned Order of 7th February 2012.
ASN inspection in Paluel NPP, November 2015.
General technical regulations applicable to BNIs
The BNI Order of 7th February 2012 brings about a
fundamental but nonetheless gradual change in the technical
regulatory framework applicable to BNIs, already clarified by
a number of ASN statutory resolutions.
ASN, whose role is to draft or assist with the drafting
of regulations, has begun to revise them with the aim
of achieving clear, complete reference regulations reflecting
the best safety standards but which are also proportionate
to the safety and radiation protection issues.
ASN thus carries out this work with the aim of involving
all the stakeholders in the drafting of the regulations,
given that broader consultation is a means of ensuring that
the regulations will be appropriate and will be easier to
understand and implement.
To ensure correct application of the regulations, ASN has
also initiated a process to assist all the nuclear stakeholders
through a series of seminars and meetings. ASN thus
organises presentation and discussion sessions about the BNI
Order, the latest being held in Marseille in October 2015.
ASN intends to continue and expand this support for all
the nuclear stakeholders for the duration of the process to
overhaul the general technical regulations applicable to BNIs,
which should continue until 2017 (by which date all statutory
resolutions and guidelines should be published).
After a few years, ASN will analyse experience feedback
from application of the new regulations, to help guide
subsequent choices.
A special section was created on in which ASN
makes a certain number of documents available, in particular
presentation media for the seminar of 21st March 2014,
number 197 of Contrôlemagazine - which looks back at the
various steps in the process to overhaul the general technical
regulations applicable to BNIs, and provides a forum for the
various stakeholders concerned by its implementation.
TO BE NOTED
111 CHAPTER 03: REGULATIONS
ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2015