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THE STATE OF NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION
IN 2015 IN THE NORD - PAS-DE-CALAIS REGION REGULATED
BY
THE LILLE DIVISION
The Lille division regulates nuclear safety, radiation
protection and the transport of radioactive substances
in the two
départements
of the Nord - Pas-de-Calais region.
As at 31st December 2015, the workforce of the Lille division
stood at 17 officers: 1 regional division head, 2 deputy
heads, 12 inspectors and 2 administrative officers, under
the authority of an ASN regional representative.
The activities and installations to regulate comprise:
•
the Gravelines NPP (6 reactors
of 900 MWe) operated by EDF;
•
the site of
Société de maintenance nucléaire
(Somanu)
in Maubeuge (Nord
département
) operated by Areva;
•
12 external-beam radiotherapy departments;
•
2 brachytherapy departments;
•
17 nuclear medicine departments;
•
65 interventional radiology departments;
•
91 tomography devices;
•
1 organisation using blood product ionisers;
•
1 cyclotron producing fluorine-18;
•
about 3,000 medical and dental
diagnostic radiology devices;
•
200 veterinary diagnostic radiology devices;
•
24 industrial radiography companies;
•
about 1,500 industrial devices;
•
32 research units;
•
4 approved organisation agencies.
I
n 2015,
ASN’s Lille division carried out 129 inspections in the Nord - Pas-de-Calais region,
comprising 24 inspections in the Gravelines NPP, 3 in Somanu
(Société de maintenance
nucléaire),
96 in small-scale nuclear activities and 6 in the field of transport of radioactive
substances. ASN also carried out 13 days of labour inspection in the Gravelines NPP.
In 2015, the Lille division was notified of 96 significant events, of which 61 occurred in BNIs,
3 in the transport of radioactive substances and 32 in small-scale nuclear activities. Among the
notified events in BNIs, 13 in the Gravelines NPPwere rated level 1 on the INES scale. Among the
notified events concerning the transport of radioactive substances, one was rated level 2 on the
INES scale. Among the 32 notified events concerning small-scale nuclear activities, 4 were rated
level 1 on the INES scale, to which can be added 7 events concerning radiotherapy patients, with
1 of them rated level 2+ on the ASN-SFRO scale, 2 rated level 2 and 4 rated level 1.
On 17th December 2015, ASN gave the Gravelines NPP formal notice to comply with certain
provisions applicable to the site’s liquid effluent tanks. ASN also gave formal notice on
22nd December 2015 to the head of a nuclear activity within the Lille Regional University
Hospital Centre (CHRU) to comply with certain provisions of the Public Health Code. The
ASN inspectors also issued 2 violation reports.
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CHAPTER 08 :
REGIONAL OVERVIEW OF NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION
ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2015