135 / 536
In 2014, the Organisations Approved for Radiation
protection Inspections (OARP) carried out more than
74,000 inspections, for which the breakdown per type
of source and per field is given in the following table.
The main deviations recorded during these inspections
concern administrative checks. The deviations linked to
organisational oversightmainly concerna failure to comply
with the frequency of performance of internal checks.
Analysis of the past five years of OARP annual reports
shows an overall reduction in the number of deviations
recorded.
ASNalsoapproveslaboratoriestoconductanalysesrequiring
a high level of measurement quality if the results are to be
usable. It thus approves laboratories:
•
formonitoring environmental radioactivity (see point 4);
•
for worker dosimetry (see chapter 1).
The list of approvals issued by ASN is kept up to date on
www.asn.fr(
“Bulletinofficiel de l’ASN/agréments d’organismes”
section).
As at 31st December 2015, the following are approved
by ASN:
•
43organisations taskedwith radiationprotectionchecks,
10approvals or approval renewalsweredelivered in2015;
•
50 organisations tasked with measuring radon activity
concentration inbuildings. Tenof these organisations can
also carryoutmeasurements incavities andunderground
structures, while 8 are approved to identify sources and
means of radon ingress into buildings. In 2015, ASN
issued 24 new approvals or approval renewals;
•
13 organisations taskedwith themonitoring of worker
internal dosimetry, 7 for external monitoring and 2 for
monitoringexposureassociatedwithnaturalradioactivity).
In2015,ASNissued4newapprovalsorapprovalrenewals;
•
7 organisations taskedwithnuclear pressure equipment
inspections;
•
61 laboratories for environmental radioactivity
measurements covering 864 approvals, of which 248
are approvals or approval renewals deliveredduring2015.
ASN gives the General Directorate for Health (DGS) an
opinion on the approval of the laboratories analysing
radioactivity inwater intended for human consumption.
It gives the Ministers responsible for Nuclear Safety and
Transport an opinion on the approval of the organisations
responsible for:
•
training the drivers of vehicles transporting radioactive
substances (class 7 hazardous materials);
•
organising safety adviser examinations for transport of
dangerous goods by road, rail or navigable waterway;
•
certifying the conformityof packagingdesigned tocontain
0.1 kg or more of uranium hexafluoride (initial and
periodic checks);
•
approval of the types of tankers
1
;
•
the initial and periodic checks of tankers for transport
of class 7 hazardous substances by land.
1. For each new type of tanker, an organisation approved by ASN
must issue a type approval certificate.
This certificate confirms that the tanker has been checked by the
organisation, that it is suitable for the intended purpose and that it
complies with the requirements of the regulations. When a series of
tankers is manufactured with no change to the design, the certificate
is valid for the entire series.
MEDICAL
VETERINARY
RESEARCH /
TEACHING
NON-BNI
INDUSTRIAL
BNI
TOTAL
SEALED SOURCES
1,175
9
3,500
14,455
21,021
40,160
UNSEALED SOURCES
456
5
2,097
672
4,798
8,028
MOBILES GERI*
2,595
278
22
608
5
3,508
FIXED GERI
7,697
963
709
6,364
167
15,900
PARTICLE
ACCELERATOR
383
0
58
220
6
667
DENTAL
6,000
6,000
TOTAL
18,306
1,255
6,386
22,319
25,997
74,263
TABLE 1:
Number of radiation protection inspections performed in 2014 by organisations approved for radiation protection inspections
* Generator of ionising radiation
TYPE
OF SOURCE
FIELD
135
CHAPTER 04:
REGULATION OF NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES AND EXPOSURE TO IONISING RADIATION
ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2015