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of non-destructive tests carried out for this purpose on
the Flamanville site.
2.10.2 Monitoring of construction, start-up tests
and preparation for operation
ASN is faced by numerous challenges when checking
construction, start-up tests and preparation for the
operation of Flamanville 3. They concern:
•
checking the quality of equipment manufacturing and
installation construction in a manner commensurate
with the safety, radiation protection and environmental
protection issues, in order to be able to rule on the ability
of the installation to meet the defined requirements;
•
building on the experience acquired by each party
concerned during the construction of this new reactor.
•
ensuring that the start-up tests programme is
satisfactory, correctly performed and that the expected
results are obtained;
•
ensuring that the teams in charge of operating the
installation after commissioning are well-prepared.
To do this, ASN issued prescriptions for the design,
construction and commissioning tests of Flamanville 3
and for the operation of the two Flamanville 1 and 2
reactors located close to the construction site. As the
subject is a nuclear power reactor, ASN is also responsible
for labour inspectorate duties on the construction site.
In addition, ASN oversees the manufacture of pressure
equipment that will form part of the primary and
secondary systems and of the nuclear steam supply
system. ASN’s main actions in this field in 2015 are
described in point 3.3.
2.10.3 Cooperation with foreign nuclear regulators
To be able to share its experience with other nuclear
regulators, ASN multiplies technical exchanges with its
foreign counterparts on the topic of regulating the design,
construction and operation of new reactors.
Bilateral relations
ASN enjoys close relations with foreign nuclear regulators
in order to share previous and current experience
of authorisation procedures and regulation of the
construction of new reactors. These relations started in
2004 with the Finnish Nuclear Safety Regulator (STUK,
Säteilyturvakeskus)
with a view to the construction of
EPR type reactors on the sites at Olkiluoto (Finland) and
Flamanville (France). Since then, STUK and ASN have
worked closely together. In 2015, a technical progress
meeting concerning the two projects was held in France
and a visit to the Flamanville 3 construction site was
organised.
Lifting the steam generators.
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ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2015