ASN Report 2017

362 ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2017 Chapter 12  - EDF Nuclear Power Plants 2.8 Labour Law in the nuclear power plants 2.8.1 Monitoring Labour Law in the nuclear power plants ASN carries out labour inspectorate duties for the 58 reactors in operation (spread over the 19 NPPs), the eight reactors undergoing decommissioning and the EPR under construction at Flamanville. The number of people working in an NPP varies between 800 and 2,000 employees. The total number of staff assigned to all the nuclear sites is about 24,000 for the employees of EDF, and 23,000 for the employees of the subcontractors, which more specifically take part in maintenance during reactor outages. The role of the labour inspectorate is to ensure that the Labour Code as a whole is applied by the employers, whether EDF or its contractors. The labour inspectorate takes part in the integrated vision of regulation and oversight sought by ASN and it sees its monitoring work as being linked to all other activities to monitor and oversee the safety of facilities and radiation protection. In 2017, ASN implemented an action plan to reinforce the labour inspectorate resources and organisation. As at 31st December 2017, the ASN resources for its labour inspectorate duties are therefore: ཛྷ ཛྷ 18 labour inspectors, one of whom is being trained, assigned to the regional divisions, working directly with the sites; ཛྷ ཛྷ a central labour director, responsible for managing and coordinating the network of labour inspectors and acting as the interface with the Ministry responsible for Labour. Oversight of occupational health and safety With regard to occupational health and safety, the ASN labour inspections more specifically covered the following topics in 2017: ཛྷ ཛྷ the conformity of the working equipment and more specifically the lifting gear. Collective action was taken by the entire network of labour inspectors: the labour inspectors issued requests to verify the regulatory compliance of the loading machines on all the sites. Following these requests, which revealed a number of nonconformities, EDF initiated a compliance action plan; ཛྷ ཛྷ the use of electrical installations. Several inspections were carried out on this topic on several sites, which led EDF to initiate a compliance programme; Administrative Checks - Inspections Thermal insulation Electricity Mechanical Expert appraisal Tests Auxiliaries Welding Risk Prevention 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 GRAPH 7: Evolution of mean individual dose according to categories of workers in NPPs Average dose (mSv) Source: EDF 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 ASN labour inspection at the Gravelines NPP, August 2017.