Ope

ratin

g Ex

perie

nce

for F

uel C

ycle

Fac

ilitie

s in

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nce

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kvill

e, M

D, U

SAJu

ne 1

0, 2

015

The

Fren

ch N

ucle

ar S

afet

y A

utho

rity

Ant

hony

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amot

te, S

enio

r Eng

inee

rA

utor

ité d

e S

ûret

é N

uclé

aire

(AS

N)

Out

line

1.A

SN, t

he F

renc

h re

gula

tory

aut

horit

y

2.Th

e Fr

ench

Fue

l Cyc

le fa

cilit

ies

3.Fu

el C

ycle

Ope

ratin

g Ex

perie

nce

man

agem

ent

4.In

tegr

atio

n of

the

expe

rienc

e fe

edba

ck fr

om th

e Fu

kush

ima

acci

dent

5.Fu

ture

OpE

cha

lleng

es fo

r ASN

?

2

Bas

ic N

ucle

arIn

stal

latio

ns

Tran

spor

t of r

adio

activ

e su

bsta

nce

Med

ical

uses

of i

oniz

ing

radi

atio

n

Was

teM

anag

emen

tIn

dust

rialu

ses

of

radi

oact

ive

sour

ces

•NP

P•R

esea

rch

cent

ers

•Fue

l cyc

le fa

cilit

ies

•Irr

adia

tors

•Dec

omm

issi

onin

g

•Rad

ioth

erap

y•S

cann

ers

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tal e

xam

inat

ion

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ma

radi

atio

n•F

ood

irrad

iatio

n

1. A

SN, t

he F

renc

h re

gula

tory

aut

horit

y

3

Staf

f : 4

70 in

dust

rial a

nd m

edic

al e

ngin

eers

, ph

ysic

ians

and

pha

rmac

ists

, hum

an s

cien

tists

as

wel

l as

lega

l and

adm

inis

trativ

e sp

ecia

lists

.

240

pers

ons

in th

e M

ontro

uge

Hea

dqua

rters

23

0 pe

rson

s in

11

regi

onal

offi

ces

divi

sion

s w

ith

com

pete

nce

for o

ne o

r mor

e ad

min

istra

tive

regi

ons

~2

5 A

SN s

taff

wor

k fo

r the

con

trol

of t

he F

C

faci

litie

s

Bud

get :

75

M€

Add

ition

al e

xper

ts: ~

400

with

in A

SN

’s T

echn

ical

sa

fety

org

aniz

atio

n IR

SN

(Ins

titut

e fo

r Rad

iatio

n P

rote

ctio

n an

d N

ucle

ar S

afet

y) w

hich

pro

vide

s ex

pert

anal

ysis

–w

ith a

n ad

ditio

nal d

edic

ated

bud

get o

f 80

M€.

C

ivili

an n

ucle

ar f

acili

ty s

uper

visi

on: ~

870

per

s. a

nd 1

55M

€

1. A

SN, t

he F

renc

h re

gula

tory

aut

horit

y

4

5Ju

ne10

th, 2

015

2. T

he F

renc

h Fu

el C

ycle

Fac

ilitie

s

3. F

uel C

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ratin

g Ex

perie

nce

man

agem

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ASN

sur

veill

ance

Insp

ectio

ns p

rogr

amG

PEs

(10-

year

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ety

revi

ews

for e

ach

BN

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tern

al/e

xter

nal e

xper

tise…

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nsee

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info

rmat

ion

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nt R

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tsA

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plia

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repo

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odifi

catio

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plic

atio

ns…

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rnat

iona

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oper

atio

nA

EIA

, NE

A, W

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ng

grou

ps, f

orei

gn

regu

lato

rs…

Ju

ne10

, 201

56

3. F

uel C

ycle

Ope

ratin

g Ex

perie

nce

Man

agem

ent

June

10, 2

015

7

The

GPE

s co

mpr

ise

expe

rts:

nom

inat

ed fo

r the

ir in

divi

dual

com

pete

nce;

co

min

g fr

om v

ario

us b

ackg

roun

ds;

w

ho c

an a

lso

be li

cens

ees

of n

ucle

ar fa

cilit

ies

or c

ome

from

oth

er s

ecto

rs;

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ench

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als

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reig

ners

.

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isor

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omm

ittee

s of

Exp

erts

(GPE

)

3. F

uel C

ycle

Ope

ratin

g Ex

perie

nce

Man

agem

ent

June

10, 2

015

8

10-y

ear s

afet

y re

view

s:

=> th

e U

P3-

A pl

ant e

xam

ple

(BN

I 116

/AR

EVA

NC

La

Hag

ue)

ASN

has

rece

ived

in 2

010

the

AR

EVA

BN

I 116

saf

ety

revi

ew re

port

5 m

eetin

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f GPU

and

GPT

in b

etw

een

2012

and

201

5:•

Impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

safe

ty re

view

pro

cess

;•

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ratin

g ex

perie

nce;

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tern

al tr

ansp

ort o

pera

tions

revi

ew;

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ompl

ianc

e re

view

and

agi

ng;

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nal s

afet

y re

view

AR

EVA

NC

has

take

n ne

arly

200

safe

ty c

omm

itmen

ts

4. L

esso

ns le

arne

d so

far i

n Fr

ance

June

10, 2

015

9

Feed

back

expe

rienc

efr

omFu

kush

ima:

inte

rnat

iona

lcon

sens

usA

nac

cide

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alw

ays

apo

ssib

ility

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inim

umof

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lthe

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ons

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acci

dent

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nm

easu

res

impl

emen

ted

afte

rFuk

ushi

ma

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sste

sts

ata

natio

nala

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rope

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vel(

only

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eact

ors

forE

U)

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«ha

rden

ed-s

afet

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re»

will

incl

ude

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hani

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desi

gned

topr

even

tase

vere

acci

dent

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gate

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cons

eque

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ofac

cide

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and

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wth

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orto

hand

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sem

erge

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man

agem

entd

utie

s.Th

eA

REV

Agr

oup

iscr

eatin

ga

natio

nal

task

forc

ena

med

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A”.

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goal

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isto

prov

ide

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tiona

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ppor

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REV

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tew

ithin

less

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urs

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tegr

atio

n of

the

expe

rienc

e fe

edba

ck fr

om

the

Fuku

shim

a ac

cide

nt

June

10, 2

015

10

Tim

elin

e:

May

5,20

11:

•A

SN

post

-Fuk

ushi

ma

spec

ific

insp

ectio

ns•

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FClic

ense

essu

pplie

dst

ress

test

repo

rts(“

EC

S”)

inS

epte

mbe

r

June

26,2

012:

•A

SN

set

addi

tiona

lpr

escr

iptio

nsfo

rth

eA

reva

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upfa

cilit

ies

asse

ssed

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nth

elig

htof

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conc

lusi

ons

ofth

est

ress

test

s•

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rden

edsa

fety

core

»

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ary

9,20

15•

AS

Nre

solu

tions

pres

crib

efo

rea

chfa

cilit

yth

eha

zard

leve

lsan

das

soci

ated

requ

irem

ents

for

the

hard

ened

safe

tyco

rean

dth

ede

adlin

esfo

rdep

loym

ento

fthi

sha

rden

edsa

fety

core

.

4. In

tegr

atio

n of

the

expe

rienc

e fe

edba

ck fr

om

the

Fuku

shim

a ac

cide

nt

June

10, 2

015

11

AR

EVA

NC

LaH

ague

exam

ples

=>21

new

safe

tyco

mm

itmen

ts(A

SN

Dec

isio

nn°

2015

-DC

-048

3,Ja

nuar

y8t

h,20

15)

Con

stru

ctio

nof

ane

wro

bust

build

ing

(«bu

nker

»)

New

ultim

ate

cool

ing

wat

ersu

pply

fors

pent

fuel

pool

s

New

ultim

ate

airs

uppl

yfo

rFP

and

Fine

sta

nks

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mob

ileED

Gs

Hum

anFa

ctor

s=>

trai

ning

and

awar

enes

sen

hanc

emen

tfo

rop

erat

ors

inth

em

anag

emen

tofe

mer

genc

ysi

tuat

ions

…

Dec

ree

2007

-155

7 of

2 N

ovem

ber

2007

(B

NI p

roce

dure

s)

Ord

er o

f 7

Febr

uary

201

2.

Reg

ula

tory

AS

N d

ecis

ion

s

AS

N G

uid

es(a

nd

basi

c sa

fety

ru

les

[RFS

])

Act

(Env

iron

men

t C

ode)

Gui

des

ASN

Res

olut

ions

Dec

rees

Ord

ers

Exe

cuti

ve P

ower ASN

Bin

ding

Parl

iam

ent

Act

Non

-bin

ding

12

5. F

utur

e O

pEch

alle

nges

for A

SN?

June

10, 2

015

(( ( (

Procedures

Provisions specific to certain installations

Preparing for and managing emergency situations

Waste management (1)

Control of detrimental effects and impact on health and the environment (1) (2)

Pressure equipment (PE)

Demonstration of nuclear safety (1)

Organisation and responsibility (1) (2) (3)

Scope, definitions, miscellaneous and transient provisionsBN

I Ord

erTS

N Ac

t and

impl

emen

ting

decr

ees

Safet

y poli

cy

and

mana

geme

nt(3

)(3

)“P

MS”

guide

Fir

eris

ks (1

)

Misc

ellan

eous

risks

(1)

PW

R de

sign

Oper

ation

Reac

tor

outag

e (P

WR

) Disp

osal

BNI

NPE

Prote

ction

of

the

envir

onme

nt(1

) (2)

Was

te co

nditio

ning

Was

te ma

nage

ment

metho

ds (1

)

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genc

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uatio

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merg

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even

t re

portin

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ide

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lic

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matio

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annu

al re

port

guide

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gu

ide

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edur

es

(1) c

over

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e sc

ope o

f the

orde

r of 3

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999

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over

ing th

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ope o

f the

orde

r of 2

6/11/1

999

(3) c

over

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e sc

ope o

f the

orde

r of 1

0/08/1

984

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te sto

rage

co

nditio

ns

Pe

riodic

safet

yre

view

Plan

tmo

difica

tions

Safet

y rep

ort

conte

nt

GOR

conte

nt

Inter

nal

autho

risati

ons

Spar

e par

ts

PWR

fuel

Guide

Reso

lution

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ing in

pr

ogre

ssCo

nsult

ation

comp

leted

Publi

shed

Modif

icatio

ns

12/12

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d 10

/11/99

13

5. F

utur

e O

pEch

alle

nges

for A

SN?

June

10, 2

015

Critic

ality

Je v

ous

rem

erci

e po

ur v

otre

atte

ntio

n

Than

kyo

ufo

r you

ratte

ntio

n

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