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ASN also took an active part in the information and
discussion meetings organised by the prefectures of the
Morbihan, Loire-Atlantique and Vendée
départements
on the subject of the former uranium mines.
ASN is continuing its participation in the analysis of
Areva’s environmental assessments of the former mining
sites in collaboration with the Dreals of the Bretagne
and Pays de la Loire regions. At the same time, ASN is
keeping a watchful eye on the progress of the actions
carried out by Areva to inventory radiologicallymarked
areas around the former mining sites and sites in the
public domain where uranium mining waste rock has
been reused. The 18 work sheets associated with places
in which mining waste rock has been reused have thus
been analysed jointly by the services of Dreal and ASN.
The resulting redevelopment work should start in 2016.
Lastly, ASN has analysed the draft public information
notices relating to the disposal measures for the products
from the redevelopment work.
2. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
2.1 International action
On the international front, the Nantes division was
involved in an expert appraisal and technical support
mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) carried out in Madagascar for the Madagascan
radiation protection authority. The Nantes division
participated in the Integrated Regulatory Review Service
(IRRS) in Croatia. It also took part in a training course
entitled
“School of Drafting Regulations”
organised by
the IAEA in Vienna (Austria) for the heads of the Asian
authorities.
The Nantes division also participated in a workshop in
Brussels on the radiation protection of patients inmedical
imaging organised by HERCA (Heads of the European
Radiological protection Competent Authorities), and a
workshop in Paris on the management of radioactive
sources organised by the IAEA.
2.2 Informing the public
Press conferences
In 2015, ASN held two press conferences in Nantes
and Rennes on the state of nuclear safety and radiation
protection.
Work with the Local Information
Committees (CLIs)
The Nantes division of ASN participated in the
Pouzauges CLI meeting of 22nd October 2015 and the
Sablé-sur-Sarthe CLI meeting in January 2016, concerning
the Ionisos nuclear installations.
Public information actions
Lastly, in 2015 the Nantes division of continued its
involvement in the radiation protection workshops,
more specifically by giving a talk in the
Lycée Clémenceau
high school in Nantes on the subject of interventional
imaging.
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ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2015