ASN Report 2015

ASN is adapting how it

works to the unprecedented

challenges being faced

Jean-Christophe NIEL

Director-general

hroughout the year,

ASN inspects,

authorises (or not), regulates, sanctions,

investigates, reports, informs, trains its

staff, and so on.

Several inspections are carried out daily;

there were 1,882 in 2015. Nearly 8,000 small-scale

nuclear sector notifications or licenses under the Public

Health Code and 440 under Article 26 of Decree 2007-

1557 of 2nd November 2007 were examined. ASN was

notified of 1,682 incidents by health professionals,

licensees and industry. In 2015, 77 meetings of the

ASN commission led to the signing of 61 resolutions

and 25 opinions. 114 information notices and press

releases were published on the ASN website. The

emergency centre was activated four times in a nuclear

emergency situation and six times for emergency

Montrouge, 1st March 2016

THE YEAR 2015

ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2015