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The Working Group (WG) tasked with producing
the PNGMDR comprises environmental protection
associations, experts, representatives from industry
and regulatory authorities, alongside the radioactive
waste producers and managers. It is co-chaired by the
DGEC (General Directorate for Energy and the Climate)
of the Ministry for the Environment, Energy and the
Sea and by ASN.
The work of the PNGMDR WG is presented in greater
detail in chapter 16.
2.6.2 The Steering Committee for Managing
the Nuclear Post-Accident Phase
Pursuant to the Interministerial Directive of 7th April
2005, ASN, in associationwith theMinisterial departments
concerned, is responsible for defining, preparing and
implementing the steps necessary for managing a post-
accident situation.
In order to develop a doctrine and after testing post-
accident management during national and international
exercises, ASNbrought all the players concerned together
within the Codirpa (Steering Committee responsible for
Post-Accident Management). This committee, headed by
ASN, has representatives fromtheministerial departments
concerned, the health agencies, associations, the CLI,
and IRSN.
The work of the Codirpa is presented in greater detail
in chapter 5.
2.6.3 The Steering Committee for Social,
Organisational and Human Factors
ASN considers that there is a need to move forward with
regard to the reflections and work being done on the
human contribution and organisations to the safety of
nuclear facilities and in 2012 it therefore decided to set
up the Steering Committee for Social, Organisational
and Human Factors (COFSOH) (see box below). The
purpose of the COFSOH is on the one hand to allow
exchanges between stakeholders on such a difficult
subject as social, organisational and human factors and,
on the other, to draft documents proposing common
positions by the various members of the COFSOH on a
given subject, along with guidelines for future studies to
shed light on subjects that are insufficiently understood
or which are lacking in clarity.
2.6.4 The other pluralistic groups
In2015, the national committee responsible formonitoring
the national plan for management of radon risks, chaired
by ASN, carried out an assessment of the 2011-2015
national action plan and prepared the third plan for the
period 2016-2019 (see chapter 1).
2.7 Other stakeholders
As part of its mission to protect the general public from
the health risks of ionising radiation, ASN cooperates
closely with other competent institutional stakeholders
addressing health issues.
ASN has set up a Steering Committee for Social,
Organisational and Human Factors
Social, organisational and human factors received particular
attention during the stress tests further to the Fukushima
Daiichi accident. On completion of the various investigations,
ASN indicated in January 2012 that it had identified three
priorities in this area:
• renewal of the licensees’ workforce and skills;
• -organisation of the use of subcontracting;
• research on these topics, for which programmes
must be set up, at national or European levels.
Further to the stress tests, ASN has set up a pluralistic
working group on these subjects, called the COFSOH
(Steering Committee for Social, Organisational and Human
Factors). In addition to ASN members, this Committee
includes representatives of institutions and environmental
protection associations, personalities chosen for their
scientific, technical, economic, social, or information and
communication expertise, persons in charge of nuclear
activities, representatives of nuclear industry professional
federations and representative employees’ unions.
Nine plenary meetings of this Committee have been held
since 2012. They allowed discussion of the following topics:
subcontracting conditions and the relationship between client
and subcontractors, the interaction between “managed
safety” and “regulated safety”, skills management at a time
of workforce turnover and assessment of organisations or the
use of pertinent OHF indicators to assess safety.
Since the beginning of 2013 and in parallel with the plenary
meetings, the work of the COFSOH has been continuing
through four working groups. The forty meetings held to date
have addressed the following subjects:
• subcontracting in normal operating situations:
• management of emergency situations;
• interaction between managed safety and regulated safety;
• legal questions raised in connection with the subjects
addressed in the other three working groups.
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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