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Chapter 03

  1. THE GENERAL REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES
    1. The regulatory basis
      1. The international radiation protection framework (ICRP, IAEA, EURATOM)
      2. The codes and the main acts applicable to the regulation of nuclear activities in France
    2. The regulations applicable to the various categories of individuals and the various situations involving exposure to ionising radiation
      1. General protection of workers
      2. General protection of the population
      3. Protection of persons in a radiological emergency situation
      4. Protection of the population in a long-term exposure situation
  2. REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO SMALL-SCALE NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES
    1. The small-scale nuclear activities licensing and notification system
      1. The licensing and declaration procedures for sources of ionising radiation
      2. Approval of radiation protection technical supervision organisations
      3. Licensing the suppliers of ionising radiation sources
      4. Radioactive source management rules
    2. Protection of persons exposed for medical and medico-legal purposes
      1. Justification of procedures
      2. Optimisation of exposure
      3. Medico-legal applications of ionising radiation
    3. Protection of persons exposed to "enhanced" natural radiation
      1. Protection of persons exposed to radon
      2. Other sources of exposure to "enhanced" natural radiation
  3. THE LEGAL RULES AND REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO BASIC NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS (BNIs)
    1. The legal bases
      1. International conventions and standards
      2. European texts
      3. National texts
    2. General technical regulations
      1. Ministerial and government orders
      2. Overhaul of the general technical regulations
      3. Basic safety rules and ASN guides
      4. French nuclear industry professional codes and standards
    3. Plant authorisation decree and commissioning licence
      1. Siting
      2. Safety options
      3. Public debate
      4. Plant authorisation decrees
      5. Commissioning licences
    4. Particular requirements for the prevention of pollution and detrimental effects
      1. The OSPAR convention
      2. BNI discharges
      3. Prevention of accidental pollution
      4. Protection against noise
      5. Protection against the microbiological risk (legionella, amoebae)
    5. Requirements concerning radioactive waste and decommissioning
      1. Management of BNI radioactive waste
      2. Decommissioning
      3. The financing of decommissioning and radioactive waste management
    6. Particular requirements for pressure equipment
  4. REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE TRANSPORT OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
    1. International regulations
    2. National regulations
  5. REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN RISKS OR CERTAIN PARTICULAR ACTIVITIES
    1. Installations classified on environmental protection grounds (ICPES) using radioactive materials
    2. The regulations designed to combat malicious acts in nuclear activities
    3. The particular system applicable to defence-related nuclear activities and installations
  6. OUTLOOK
  7. APPENDIX 1 - REGULATION EXPOSURE LIMITS AND DOSE LEVELS

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ASN is continuing to publish the technical decisions required by the Public Health Code and the Labour Code. Numerous technical decisions are still expected in 2011, including those concerning the design and operation rules for medical facilities using ionising radiation, the recording, monitoring, recovery and disposal of sources, and the identification and marking of high-activity sealed sources.

ASN will moreover assist the Government in the forthcoming consultations on the draft Euratom directive and the subsequent work to transpose this new directive into national law.

As regards BNIs, ASN will continue its revising of the general technical regulations in 2011, in collaboration with the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing. Publication of the "BNI system" ministerial order will be followed in the course of the year by the publication of some twenty regulatory decisions clarifying the provisions of decree 2007-1557 of 2 November 2007 and the above order. Several draft decisions were submitted to the stakeholders for consultation along with the "BNI system" draft order in 2010. After analysing their observations, the draft text will be modified as and where necessary and proposed to the ministers responsible for nuclear safety. Entry into force of these decisions will mark the completion of the transposition into French law of the "reference levels" adopted by WENRA.

ASN will also help to produce the implementing decrees for the provisions of the Grenelle II Act relative to impact studies and public inquiries.

Working groups will be set up in 2011 for the forthcoming revision of the radioactive material transport regulations (future 2012/2013 edition). They will in particular deal with fissile exceptions, the acceleration levels to be considered for package tie-down, and the interim measures and requirements.

Lastly, the study into the setting up of a system to control the "security of sources", which began several months ago, should be able to be concluded in 2011. This system will aim at guaranteeing the application of measures to protect the most dangerous sources of ionising radiation against malicious acts, from production through to disposal. If these measures are adopted, they should be incorporated in the legislative part of the Public Health Code.
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