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LYON DIVISION
THE STATE OF NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION
IN 2015 IN THE RHÔNE-ALPES AND AUVERGNE REGIONS
REGULATED BY
THE LYON DIVISION
The Lyon division regulates nuclear safety, radiation protection
and the transport of radioactive substances in the
twelve
départements
of the Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes regions.
As at 31st December 2015, the workforce of the Lyon
division stood at 36 officers: 1 regional division head,
3 deputy heads, 27 inspectors and 5 administrative officers,
under the authority of the ASN regional representative.
The activities and installations to regulate comprise:
•
the NPPs at Bugey (4 reactors of 900 MWe), Saint-
Alban/Saint Maurice (2 reactors of 1,300 MWe),
Cruas-Meysse (4 reactors of 900 MWe) and Tricastin
(4 reactors of 900 MWe) operated by EDF;
•
the nuclear fuel fabrication plants of Areva NP
(formerly FBFC) in Romans-sur-Isère;
•
the nuclear fuel cycle plants operated by Areva
and situated on the Tricastin industrial platform;
•
the Operational Hot Unit at Tricastin
(BCOT) operated by EDF;
•
the high flux reactor operated by
the Laue-Langevin Institute in Grenoble;
•
the Activated waste packaging and storage
facility (Iceda), under construction on the
Bugey nuclear site operated by EDF;
•
the Superphénix reactor undergoing decommissioning
at Creys-Malville, and its auxiliary installations;
•
reactor 1 undergoing decommissioning
at the Bugey NPP operated by EDF;
•
the Ionisos irradiation facility in Dagneux;
•
the nuclear fuel fabrication plant
and pelletising unit of Areva SICN
in Veurey-Voroize, waiting to be delicensed;
•
the reactors and plants of CEA (French Alternative
Energies and Atomic Energy Commission)
in Grenoble, undergoing decommissioning;
•
the CERN international research centre
located on the Swiss-French border;
•
22 external-beam radiotherapy departments;
•
6 brachytherapy departments;
•
23 nuclear medicine departments;
•
150 interventional radiology departments;
•
120 tomography devices;
•
about 10,000 medical and dental
diagnostic radiology devices;
•
700 veterinary structures (practices or clinics);
•
about thirty industrial radiography agencies
(requiring the certificate of proficiency
to handle industrial radiography devices);
•
about 600 users of ionising radiation
in the industrial field;
•
100 research units;
•
3 head offices and 8 agencies of approved bodies.
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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