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•
complete and finalise the
decommissioning procedure,
structures clean-out and soil
remediation guides for BNIs;
•
implement actions with respect
to the EDF decommissioning
strategy and more particularly the
decommissioning of the gas-cooled
reactors;
•
begin examinationof theAreva and
CEA decommissioning strategies;
•
complete examinationof the LAMA
delicensing application;
•
continue examination of the
decommissioning files for AMI
(Chinon), Comurhex and Eurodif
(Tricastin), UP2-400 and STE2
(La Hague), the enriched uranium
reprocessing units (ATUE)
and Rapsodie (Cadarache),
the Procédé and Support BNIs
(Fontenay-aux-Roses);
•
begin examination of the
decommissioning files for the solid
radioactivewastemanagementzone
(Saclay);
•
examine the periodic safety review
files for Superphenix and the fuel
storage unit.
Radioactive waste
and contaminated sites and soils
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Themanagement of radioactivewaste
is governed by the 28th June 2006
Programme Act on the sustainable
management of radioactivematerials
and waste, today codified in the
Environment Code. This Act sets a
clear framework for management of
all radioactive waste, in particular by
requiring the adoption of a National
Radioactive Materials and Waste
Management Plan (PNGMDR) revised
every three years.
Significant events
2015 was marked by the drafting of
the 2016-2018PNGMDR. This three-
yearly plan presents the rules of the
radioactive substances management
policy nationwide, identifies new
needs and determines the objectives
to be achieved, more specifically in
terms of studies and research to create
new management solutions.
2015 was alsomarked by regulatory
changes to the operational
management of radioactive waste
in the installations. ASN’s resolution
on waste management studies and
the inventory of waste produced in
the BNIs, clarifying the provisions
of the BNI Order, was signed by
the commission on 21st April
2015 and approved by the Minister
responsible for nuclear safety. The
public consultation concerning
its application guide and that
concerning the ASN resolution on
the packaging of radioactive waste
and acceptance of radioactive waste
packages in disposal BNIs were also
held in 2015.
Assessment and outlook
Generally speaking, ASN considers
that the French radioactive waste
management system, built around
a specific legislative and regulatory
framework, a National Plan for
Radioactive Materials and Waste
Management (PNGMDR) and
an Agency for management of
radioactivewaste independent of the
waste producers (Andra), is capable
of regulating and implementing a
structured and coherent national
waste management policy. ASN
considers that theremust eventually
be safe management for all waste,
more specifically by means of a
disposal solution. The update of the
PNGMDR to be carried out in 2016
will be an opportunity to set new
short and medium term objectives
to ensure this.
Regulations concerning the
management of radioactive
waste
In 2016, ASN will finalise the
resolution concerning the packaging
of radioactive waste. It will draw
up draft resolutions concerning
radioactivewaste disposal and storage
installations and a draft guide for the
application of the resolution onwaste
studies. ASN will also complete the
guide for application of the resolution
on waste management studies and
the inventory of waste produced in
the BNIs.
ASNwill also be vigilant in ensuring
that the work to transpose Directive
2013/59/Euratom of 5th December
2013, setting basic radiation
protection standards, does not
compromise the French policy
in which there are no clearance
levels for waste from BNIs, while
reinforcing the monitoring of
TENORM waste.
Licensee waste management
strategies
ASNperiodicallyassessesthestrategies
put into place by the licensees to
ensure that each type of waste has
an appropriate solution and that the
range of solutions implemented form
a coherent whole. ASN in particular
remains attentive to ensuring that
the licensees have the necessary
treatment or storage capacity for
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ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2015
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN 2015