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The Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection
Mission
The Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Mission
(MSNR),within theGeneral Directorate for RiskPrevention
at the Ministry of the Environment, Energy and the Sea,
is in particular tasked – in collaborationwith ASN– with
proposing Government policy on nuclear safety and
radiation protection, except for defence-related activities
and installations and the radiation protection of workers
against ionising radiations.
Defence and Security High Official
The purpose of nuclear security, in the strictest sense
of the term (IAEA definition, less wide-ranging than
that of Article L 591-1 of the Environment Code) is to
protect andmonitor nuclearmaterials, their facilities and
their transportation. It aims to ensure protection of the
populations and environment against the consequences
of malicious acts, in accordance with the provisions of
the Defence Code.
This responsibility lies with the Minister for the
Environment, Energy and the Sea, with the support of
the Defence and SecurityHighOfficial (HFDS) andmore
specifically the Nuclear Security Department (DSN).
The HFDS thus acts as the nuclear security Authority, by
drafting regulations, issuing authorisations and conducting
inspections in this field, with the support of IRSN.
Although the two regulatory systems and approaches are
clearly different, the two fields, owing to the specificity
of the nuclear field, are closely linked. ASN and the
HFDS are therefore regularly in contact with each other.
2.2.2 The Prefects
The Prefects are the State’s local representatives. They
are the guarantors of public order and play a particularly
important role in the event of an emergency, in that they
are responsible formeasures to protect the general public.
The Prefects are involved in the various procedures
presented in chapter 3. Inparticular, they send theMinister
their opinion on the report and on the conclusions of the
inquiry commissioner following the public inquiry into
authorisation applications. At the request of ASN, they
refer to the Departmental Council for the environment
and health and technological risks for an opinion on the
water intakes, discharges and other detrimental effects
of BNIs.
REGULATION
of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France
High Committee
for Transparency
and Information
on Nuclear Security
High Council for Prevention
of Technological Risks
High Council
for Public Health
Central Committee
for Pressure Equipment
Advisory
Committees
of Experts
Institute for
Radiation Protection
and Nuclear Safety
Parliament (National Assembly and Senate)
Parliamentary Office for the Assessment of Scientific and Technological Choices
Parliamentary Commissions
General regulations
Major decisions concerning BNIs
Plant authorisation creation decrees
Decommissioning decree
Regulation of installations
Clarification of government decisions
Issue of others authorisations
Government
Nuclear safety and
radiation protection unit
Nuclear Safety Authority
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CHAPTER 02:
PRINCIPLES AND STAKEHOLDERS IN THE REGULATION OF NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION
ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2015