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2. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
2.1 International action
The Châlons division continued to maintain regular
relations with the Belgian nuclear regulator, the AFCN.
The cross-inspections continued in small-scale nuclear
activities and in the field of nuclear safety on the sites of
Chooz and Tihange (Belgium). The division took part
in the Franco-Belgianmanagement committee meetings
and the Franco-Belgian working group on safety.
The Châlons division took part in the work of the fifth
review meeting of the Joint Convention on the Safety
of Spent Fuel and RadioactiveWaste Management held
at the head office of the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria, from11th to 21st May
2015. It also followed attentively the work of the mission
organised by the IAEA from 1st to 5th June 2015 on the
Chooz site further to the initial OSART (Operational
Safety Review Team) mission carried out from18th June
to 4th July 2013.
2.2 Informing the public
Press conference
ASN held a press conference in Châlons-en-Champagne
on 20th April 2015 on the status of nuclear safety and
radiation protection.
Work with the Local Information
Committees (CLIs)
ASN took part in meetings of the Chooz, Nogent-sur-
Seine and Soulaines CLIs. During these meetings, ASN
presented its assessment of the safety of the regional
nuclear installations and its action on the sites, the
national and local follow-ups to the Fukushima
Daiichi accident, the ASN resolutions concerning the
NPPs (resolutions relative to reactor outages, internal
authorisation systems, etc.) and the AIEA report drawn
up further to the IRRS (Integrated Regulatory Review
Service) mission carried out in France in November
2014. The Chooz CLI continued its actions to inform
the public (publication of an information bulletin for
the local population).
The CLI of the Soulaines repository operated by Andra
continued the radioactivity measurement campaign
in the environment of the repository (environment,
fauna) which began in 2012. The Nogent-sur-Seine
CLI continued the experimental process of periodically
examining EDF’s replies to the follow-up letters sent
by ASN further to its on-site inspections.
Lastly, ASN regularly attended the annual general
meetings and meetings of the board of the Bure CLIS
(Local Information and Monitoring Committee) where
it made its contributions with a view to informing the
local populations. It more specifically gave a reminder
of how it is organized and the principles relative to the
management of radioactive waste before the enlarged
board of the CLIS on 25th June 2015.
2.3 The other notable events
On account of major risk prevention, the prefect of
the Ardennes region updated the on-site emergency
plan of the Chooz NPP in February 2015 after the
national emergency exercise organised with this NPP
on 16th September 2014.
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REGIONAL OVERVIEW OF NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION
ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2015