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THE STATE OF NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION IN
2015 IN THE AQUITAINE, POITOU-CHARENTES AND MIDI-PYRÉNÉES
REGIONS REGULATED BY
THE BORDEAUX DIVISION
The Bordeaux division is responsible for regulating
nuclear safety, radiation protection and the transport
of radioactive substances in the 17
départements
of the
Aquitaine, Poitou-Charentes and Midi-Pyrénées regions.
As at 31st December 2015, the workforce of the Bordeaux
division stood at 22 officers: 1 regional division head,
2 deputy heads, 15 inspectors and 4 administrative officers,
under the authority of the ASN regional representative.
The activities and installations to regulate comprise:
•
the nuclear power plants of Blayais (4 reactors of
900 MWe), Civaux (2 reactors of 1,450 MWe) and
Golfech (2 reactors of 1,300 MWe) operated by EDF;
•
23 external-beam radiotherapy departments;
•
9 brachytherapy departments;
•
28 nuclear medicine departments;
•
186 interventional radiology structures;
•
140 tomography devices;
•
about 6,900 medical and dental;
diagnostic radiology devices;
•
about 1,500 veterinary diagnostic radiology devices;
•
50 industrial radiography companies;
•
600 industrial research establishments.
I
n 2015,
ASN carried out 167 inspections in the Aquitaine, Poitou-Charentes and
Midi-Pyrénées regions, comprising 46 inspections in the area of nuclear safety in the Blayais,
Civaux and Golfech NPPs, 5 inspections in the transport of radioactive substances and
116 inspections in small-scale nuclear activities. ASN carried out 34 days of labour inspections
in the nuclear power plants.
During 2015, six significant events rated level 1 on the INES scale and one event rated level 2
were notified by nuclear installation licensees in these regions. In the small-scale nuclear activities
in these regions, 2 level 2 significant events and 3 level 1 significant events on the INES scale
were notified to ASN. Added to these are the events concerning radiotherapy patients, which
included 20 events rated level 1 on the ASN-SRFO scale.
Within the framework of their oversight duties in south-west France, the ASN inspectors
issued three violation reports. ASN also served formal notice on the head of a nuclear activity
at the Jacques Puel de Rodez Hospital Centre to comply with certain provisions of the Public
Health Code.
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ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2015