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South Korea
As part of the process of exchanges between inspectors
initiated in 2013, a South Korean delegation comprising
inspectors from the NSSC (Nuclear Safety and Security
Commission) and the KINS (Korean Institute of Nuclear
Safety) met the ASN Bordeaux division. A first bilateral
meeting comparedFrench andKorean safety requirements
concerning protection against flooding andmanaging the
ageing of components. This meeting was followed by an
inspection in the Le Blayais NPP. The Korean inspectors
were able to observe an inspection. They then described
the differences with respect to their own practices at a
meeting held following the inspection (see chapter 8
concerning the regional overview of nuclear safety and
radiation protection).
Spain
Themeeting by the steering committee of the two regulators
was held on 5thMarch 2015. The Spanish delegation, led
by the CSNChairman, FernandoMarti Scharfhausen, met
the ASNChairman and a number of its Commissioners.
The two entities discussed a number of topics, including:
•
taking part in emergency exercises;
•
participating in peer inspections;
•
discussing best practices in the field of radiotherapy
in France and Spain.
The ASN Bordeaux division also took part in a medical
peer inspection in Madrid, in October 2015.
In the same spirit of cooperation between the two entities,
ASN received a CSNdelegation to observe the emergency
exercise in the Civaux NPP on 22nd September 2015.
The next meeting of the steering committee of the safety
regulators is scheduled for May 2016 in Madrid.
United States
ASN and NRC, its American counterpart, maintained a
high level of cooperation in 2014 on a variety of topics
(action carried out with regard to the lessons learned from
the Fukushima Daiichi accident, operating life extension
of reactors in service, etc.).
The two regulators restated their joint desire to continue
with personnel exchanges and are already preparing the
secondments planned as of 2016.
The following exchanges should inparticular bementioned:
•
April 2015: organisation of an audio-conference
between ASN, the NRC and the Canadian Nuclear
Safety Commission (CNSC);
•
June 2015: technical meeting with anNRC delegation
followed by a visit to the La Hague facilities to look at
the regulation of fuel cycle facilities;
•
June 2015: presentation by anASN expert at the annual
FCIX (Fuel Cycle Information Exchange) conference;
•
July 2015: observation by Jean-Luc Lachaume
of a national emergency exercise organised at the
Robinson NPP (South Carolina) and meetings with
NRC experts fromhead office and froma regional office
(equivalent to an ASN regional division).
These actions are coordinated by the steering committee,
co-chaired by Jean-Christophe Niel and Marc Satorius,
his American counterpart. The last meeting was held at
NRC headquarters in March 2015.
The Russian Federation
Under the terms of the bilateral cooperation between
the Russian safety regulator
Rostekhnadzor
(RTN) and
ASN, an action protocol was decided on in 2011. The
following measures were taken in 2015:
•
A delegation of staff from RTN took part in a peer-
inspection on 25th February 2015 at the Val-de-Grâce
hospital in Paris.
Visit to the Taishan NPP (China) on the occasion of the ASN-NNSA bilateral meeting, 19th-23rd July 2015.
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ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2015