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2.4.2 The High Council for Public Health
The High Council for Public Health (HCSP), created by
Act 2004-806 of 9th August 2004 concerning public
health policy, is a scientific and technical consultative
body reporting to the Minister responsible for Health.
The HCSP contributes to defining the multi-year public
health objectives, reviews the attainment of national
public health objectives and contributes to their annual
monitoring. Together with the health agencies, it provides
the public authorities with the expertise necessary for
managing health risks and for defining and evaluating
prevention and health safety policies and strategies. It
also anticipates future developments and provides advice
on public health issues.
2.4.3 The High Council for Prevention
of Technological Risks
Consultation about technological risks takes place before
the High Council for Prevention of Technological Risks
(CSPRT), created by Order 2010-418 of 27th April
2010. Alongside representatives of the State, the
Council comprises licensees, qualified personalities and
representatives of environmental associations. The CSPRT,
which takes over from the high council for classified
facilities, has seen the scope of its remit extended to
pipelines transporting gas, hydrocarbons and chemicals,
as well as to BNIs.
The Government is required to submit Ministerial Orders
concerning BNIs to the CSPRT for its opinion. ASNmay
also submit resolutions relating to BNIs to it.
2.4.4 The Central Committee for Pressure
Equipment
The Central Committee for Pressure Equipment (CCAP),
created by Article 26 of Decree 99-1046 of 13thDecember
1999 concerning Pressure Equipment (PE), is a consultative
organisation reporting to the Minister responsible for
the Environment.
It comprises members of the various administrations
concerned, persons chosen for their particular
competence and representatives of the pressure equipment
manufacturers and users and of the technical and
professional organisations concerned.
The Government and ASN are required to submit all
questions concerning the legislative and regulatory aspects
of nuclear pressure equipment (Ministerial Orders and
certain individual resolutions concerning BNIs) to the
CCAP. The accident files concerning this equipment are
also copied to it.
2.4.5 Local Information Committees for the Basic
Nuclear Installations
The Local Information Committees (CLI) for BNIs are
tasked with a general duty of monitoring, information
and consultationon the subject of nuclear safety, radiation
protection and the impact of nuclear activities onhumans
and the environment, with respect to the site or siteswhich
concern them. They may request expert assessments or
havemeasurements taken on the installation’s discharges
into the environment.
TheCLIs, whose creation is incumbent upon the President
of the General Council of the
département
, comprise
various categories ofmembers: representatives of General
Councils, of the municipal councils or representative
bodies of the groups of communities and the Regional
Councils concerned,members of Parliament elected in the
département
, representatives of environmental protection
associations, economic interests and representative labour
trade union and representativemedical profession union
organisations, and qualified personalities.
The status of the CLIs was defined by the TSN Act of
13th June 2006 and by Decree 2008-251 of 12th March
2008.
The activities of the CLIs are described in chapter 6.
2.5 Technical support organisations
ASN benefits from the expertise of technical support
organisations to prepare its resolutions. This is primarily
the case with the Institute for Radiation Protection and
Nuclear Safety (IRSN). For several years now, ASN has
been devoting efforts to ensuring greater diversification
of its experts.
2.5.1 IRSN
IRSNwas created by Act 2001-398 of 9thMay 2001 and
by Decree 2002-254 of 22nd February 2002 as part of
the national reorganisation of nuclear safety and radiation
protection regulation, in order to bring together public
expertise and research resources in these fields. IRSN
reports to the Ministers for the Environment, Health,
Research, Industry and Defence.
Articles L.592-41 to L.592-43 of the Environment Code
specify that IRSNis a Statepublic industrial andcommercial
institutionwhich carries out expert appraisal and research
missions in the field of nuclear safety – excluding any
responsibility as nuclear licensee. IRSN contributes to
information of the public and publishes the opinions
requested by a public authority or ASN, in consultation
with them. It organises the publicity of scientific data
resulting fromthe researchprogrammes run at its initiative,
with the exception of those relating to defence matters.
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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