Licensing Process of Nuclear Facilities in FRANCE

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Licensing Process of Nuclear Facilities in
FRANCE

• Abdallah AMRI
• International Cooperation Manager
• Institute for Radiological Protection and
• Nuclear Safety

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• TSN law defined precisely the role of the
  Government and ASN regarding licensing
  procedures, in summary
• By decree or order, the Government defines the
  general regulations applying to nuclear
  activities. It takes a limited number of key
  individual decisions concerning the major nuclear
  installations (INB), in particular creation and
  dismantling authorisations. It is responsible for
  civil protection in emergency situations
• ASN is in charge of supervising nuclear
  activities both within INB and small-scale
  nuclear installations (industrial installations,
  research lab and medical installations using
  ionising radiation).
• ASN has to be consulted about the drafts of
  regulatory decrees and orders issued by the
  Government and may itself issue regulatory
  decisions to clarify these decrees and orders
• ASN takes individual decisions concerning nuclear
  activities (for example authorisation to use
  radioactive material transport packaging,
  authorisation to use a radioactive source, etc.)
  and may impose individual requirements on the
  licensees.
• ASN is responsible for inspection and may
  pronounce sanctions, in particular suspension of
  operation of an installation
• ASN organizes a permanent watch on radiation
  protection and assists the Government in case of
  an emergency
• ASN is responsible for contributing to the public
  about nuclear safety and radiation protection.

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• Regulation of INB (TSN law) the law of June
  13th, 2006 defines a creation authorisation,
  followed by a series of authorisations during the
  different stages of the life of the INB
  creation, operation, possible modification,
  shutdown and dismantling.
• Safety options
• Site selection
• Creation authorisation (given by governmental
  decree)
• Public consultation
• Constitution of a local Committee for Information
  (CLI)
• Consulting of the Technical Support Organisations
• Decree of creation authorisation
• Possible modification of the installation
• Case of the installation classified for the
  protection of the environment.
• Operation authorisation (given by ASN)
• Authorisations for shutdown and dismantling
  (given by governmental decree)
• The technical prescriptions defined by ASN for
  the governmental decrees.

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• Safety options
• When an operator intends to construct an
  installation of a new type , it presents to ASN
  as early as possible, early before asking
  authorisation, the safety objectives and the main
  characteristics of the installation
• ASN requests its technical support organisation
  to make the assessment and consequently informs
  the Operator about the issues it should take into
  account in its request for authorisation
• This preparatory procedure does not replace the
  further regulatory steps but aims at facilitating
  them
• A good example EPR.

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• Site selection
• Early enough before applying for the creation
  authorisation, the Operator informs the ASN about
  the site(s) in which it intends to construct the
  installation
• Social and economic aspects and safety are
  examined
• If the installation is intended to produce
  energy, DGEMP is strongly involved in this
  assessment
• ASN examines the site(s) characteristics related
  to safety external hazards (e.g. earthquake),
  hydrology, industrial environment, availability
  of cooling sources, etc.
• Public debate mandatory if it is a new site for
  an NPP or a new site not intended for an NPP but
  if which the cost is higher than 300 M
• Possible public debate if it is a new site not
  intended for an NPP and of which the cost is
  between 150 M and 300 M
• Public debates have been organised in 2006 for
  the construction of EPR at Flamanville and the
  implementation of the research reactor ITER at
  Cadarache.

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INB CREATION PROCEDURE
MINISTERS
MINISTERS
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Operation Licensing Procedure
Operator
Operating licence application with an interim
safety analysis report
IRSN
ASN
Assessment and recommendation by the competent
Adivsory Committee reporting to the ASN
ASN
Licence for provisional operation with
notification of special requirements
Tests and provisional start-up
Presentation of the final safety analysis report
by the operator
ASN
IRSN
Assessment and recommendation by the competent
Advisory Committee reporting to the ASN
ASN
Approval for commissioning
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• Authorisation procedure for shut down and
  dismantling
• Authorisation mandatory
• Public inquiry is necessary in all cases
• Two regimes of authorisations are possible
  depending if it is a general case or if it
  concerns an installation for radiactive waste
  disposal
• General case
• the application for the authorisation includes
  the measures related to the conditions of shut
  down, the dismantling and waste management
  modalities, and to the monitoring and the keeping
  of the place of the installation,
• The authorisation is given by a governmental
  decree, after ASN opinion, defining the
  characteristics of the dismantling, its duration
  and the types of operations to be executed by the
  operator after the dismantling.
• Installation for radioactive waste disposal
• the application includes the measures related to
  the final shut down as well as to the keeping and
  monitoring of the site.
• the authorisation is given by a governmental
  decree, after ASN opinion, defining the types of
  operation of which the operator will be in charge
  after the final shutdown.