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6. OUTLOOK
In 2016, ASN will continue its work to develop the
European approach to nuclear safety and radiation
protection.
Following on from the lessons to be learned from the
Fukushima Daiichi accident, a review has in particular
been initiated on the European approach to the prevention
and management of a nuclear accident. The approach
proposed by HERCA andWENRA is promising andwill
be taken further with a programme to raise the awareness
of national departments in charge of civil protection of the
general population. WENRA and HERCA succeeded in
defining a number of joint key principles which should
enable decisions to be harmonised and resources to be
shared in the case of a nuclear accident on a scale such
as that at Fukushima Daiichi. This approach constitutes
a basis for a European approach to preparedness for
emergency situations and this work will need to be
continued. Over and above considerations regarding the
technical specifications linked to the Fukushima Daiichi
accident (protection against external hazards, reinforced
reactor containment integrity, consideration of Social,
Organisational andHuman Factors – SOHF, etc.), on an
international level ASNwill continue to disseminate the
following messages:
•
There is a before and after Fukushima Daiichi. At least
ten years will be needed before we have learned all
the lessons from the Fukushima Daiichi accident and
understood all the technical and SOHF implications.
•
Questions must be asked regarding the international
actions that could have helped to avoid the Fukushima
Daiichi accident.
In 2016, ASN aims to focus primarily on several events:
•
The 7th reviewmeeting of the Convention onNuclear
Safety in 2017 will be a key date in the international
safety calendar. ASN will coordinate the preparation
and the drafting of the national report, to be submitted
to IAEA on 15th August 2016.
•
in the future, taking account of the lessons learned
from the Fukushima Daiichi accident as described in
the IAEA report published in September 2015 on the
occasion of its 59th General Conference;
•
the review initiated by INRA concerning the effectiveness
of IAEA’s IRRS audits and greater coordination of the
OSART missions and WANO peer reviews;
•
promotion of the HERCA-WENRA approach on
transboundary cooperation in the prevention and
management of emergency situations, adopted on
21st October 2014.
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ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2015