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large number of installations involving risks or detrimental
effects of all types.
Licensing by the Prefect, registrationor simple notification
is required for ICPEs according to the scale of the hazards
they represent.
For installations requiring licensing, this license is
issued by order of the Prefect following a public inquiry.
The license comprises requirements which may be
subsequently modified by a further order.
The list of ICPEs is given in column A of the appendix
to Article R. 511-9 of the Environment Code. It defines
the types of installations subject to the system and the
applicable thresholds.
The ICPE list was modified following the publication of
Decree 2014-996 of 2nd September 2014 with regard
to the “1700” sections linked to the use of radioactive
substances (it deletes section 1715 and creates sections
1716 for radioactive substances inunsealed form, 2797 for
radioactivewaste and2798 for temporarymanagement of
waste resulting froma nuclear or radiological accident). At
the end of 2015, four sections of the ICPE list concerned
radioactive materials:
•
section1716 for radioactive substances inunsealed form;
•
section 2797 for radioactive waste;
•
section 2798 for the temporary management of waste
resulting from a nuclear or radiological accident;
•
section 1735 which requires licensing of repositories,
storage or disposal facilities for solid residues of uranium,
thorium or radium ore, as well as their processing
by-productsnotcontaininguraniumenrichedwithisotope
235 and for which the total quantity exceeds one ton.
The following three points of theDecree of 2ndSeptember
2014 should be noted in particular:
•
The activities and installations for the management of
radioactivewaste [pursuant toCouncilDirective2011/70/
Euratom of 19th July 2011 establishing a European
community framework for the responsible and safe
management of spent fuel and radioactive waste] are
subject to licensing.
•
Only radioactive substances in unsealed form with
potential environmental implications are subject to
the ICPE system; all sealed sources are subject to the
Public Health Code.
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ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2015