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STRASBOURG DIVISION
THE STATE OF NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION
IN 2015 IN THE ALSACE AND LORRAINE REGIONS
REGULATED BY
THE STRASBOURG DIVISION
The Strasbourg division regulates nuclear safety, radiation
protection and the transport of radioactive substances in the
six
départements
of the Alsace and Lorraine regions.
As at 31st December 2015, the workforce of the Strasbourg
division stood at 14 officers: 1 regional division head,
2 deputy heads, 8 inspectors and 3 administrative officers,
under the authority of the ASN regional representative.
The activities and installations to regulate comprise:
•
the Fessenheim NPP (2 reactors of 900 MWe) and
Cattenom NPP (4 reactors of 1,300 MWe);
•
9 external-beam radiotherapy departments;
•
3 brachytherapy departments;
•
14 nuclear medicine departments;
•
some fifty departments practising
interventional activities;
•
about 70 scanners;
•
4,000 medical and dental diagnostic
radiology devices;
•
200 industrial research establishments;
•
3 cyclotrons producing fluorine-18.
I
n 2015,
the Strasbourg division carried out 94 inspections, of which 37 were on the nuclear
sites of Fessenheim and Cattenom, 52 were in small-scale nuclear activities and 5 in the
transport of radioactive substances. ASN also carried out 7 days of labour inspection in the
nuclear power plants.
The Strasbourg division was notified of 111 significant events in 2015, 78 occurring in BNIs and
33 in small-scale nuclear activities. Among the events notified for the BNIs, 6 were rated level 1
on the INES scale. Among the events notified in small-scale nuclear activities, 1 was rated level 1
on the INES scale, to which can be added the events concerning radiotherapy patients, of which
1 was rated level 2 on the ASN-SFRO scale and 11 rated level 1.
In the context of their oversight duties, the ASN inspectors issued three violation reports. In
application of its sanctioning powers, ASN issued compliance notices to one industrial licensee in
small-scale nuclear activities and to the CattenomNPP.
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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