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In 2015, ASN continued to involve the public widely in
the decision-making process (see point 2.2).
In order to also inform the international audience,
ASN publishes on the English version of its website –
www.french-nuclear-safety.fr– information notices, press
releases and a variety of specific editorial content, in
particular concerning the stress tests, the international
working groups and the French National Radioactive
Material and Waste Management Plan (PNGMDR).
1.1.5 The social networks
The content of the ASN website is available on mobile
equipment (digital tablets, smartphones, etc.) and on
the main social media. In 2015, ASN used Twitter to
foster the widest possible dissemination of its news. Its
numerous subscribers are informed of the events inwhich
the Commission andDirector General’s Office participate.
Content fromother nuclear safety and radiation protection
actors and ASN’s foreign counterparts have enriched
the ASN pages in Facebook. Lastly, ASN continued to
develop its network of users on Dailymotion, YouTube,
Viadeo and LinkedIn in 2015.
Using the social networks in emergency exercises has
moreover enabledASN to fulfil its duty to inform, alongside
the other institutional actors called upon in nuclear and
radiological emergency situations (prefecture, Ministries,
etc.).
1.2 ASN and the professionals
ASNwishes to improve knowledge of the regulations and
the technical, organisational and human aspects of the
culture of nuclear safety and radiation protection with
professional audiences, namely nuclear licensees andusers
of ionising radiation in industry and the health sectors.
On this account, ASN produces specific publications,
organises and takes part in numerous symposia, seminars
andmeetings to raise the awareness of professionals to the
responsibilities and the implications of radiationprotection,
to make known the regulations and to encourage the
notification of significant events and experience feedback.
1.2.1 Advancing the safety culture
The website
http://professionnels.asn.frgives professionals
access to the regulatory texts and ASN forms concerning
their area of activity, along with the possibility of creating
a personal account. It highlights the experience feedback
from the inspections and the analysis of significant event
notifications by giving access to various ASNpublications
and presentations given at the professional seminars.
Issued to more than 10,000 subscribers in France and
abroad, the review
Contrôle
provides in-depthexaminations
of major subjects relating to nuclear safety and radiation
protection. In its three sections –
“Analysis”, “Experience
feedback”
and
“In question”
–
Contrôle
explains the major
issues subtendedby the changes in legislation, compares the
viewpoints of expertswhoare asked toexpress themselves in
complete transparency, anddraws lessons fromexperience.
Issue No. 199 published in 2015 devoted a large
feature article to the safety issues associated with the
decommissioning of nuclear installations. Promulgation
of the TECV Act in August 2015 effectively introduced
new provisions to bolster the tools at ASN’s disposal
to address the major challenges associated with the
decommissioning of the BNIs in the years to come. The
transposition into the French legislative framework of
the European directive on the basic standards relative
to protection against the dangers of exposure to ionising
radiation is covered in the
“In question”
section.
Information and iodine tablet distribution
campaign
A campaign for distributing iodine tablets to populations living
near nuclear power plants was launched publicly in January
2016. It is the fifth campaign of this type, the last one having
taken place in 2009-2010. It serves to replace the iodine
tablets whose shelf life expires in February 2016. The shelf
life of the new tablets is seven years.
This is a large-scale operation which concerns some
400,000 households and will involve an information
campaign and the mobilising of the populations concerned
in the spirit of the act of 13th August 2004 concerning the
modernisation of civil protection.
This opportunity must be used to raise citizens’ awareness
of the nuclear risks and of all the appropriate protection
measures. Achieving this objective requires increased
involvement on the part of the licensee, the public
authorities and the stakeholders (regional authorities, health
professionals, etc.), and sustained communication efforts.
In order to organise this campaign, a pluralistic steering
committee led by ASN brought together representatives of the
Ministries of National Education, of the Interior and of Health,
IRSN, the Regional Health Agencies, the National Order
of Pharmacists, the National Order of Medical Physicians,
ANCCLI, the ARCICEN (Association of representatives of the
municipalities and urban communities in which nuclear power
plants are installed) and EDF.
The neighbouring residents are informed through
public meetings, press articles, a website
(www.distribution-iode.com),
information leaflets
and posters.
This information mechanism is passed on by the campaign
stakeholders: the prefectures, the ASN regional divisions, the
pharmacies, the NPPs, the CLIs, the town councils and the
health professionals.
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ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2015