ASN Report 2020

SUMMARY ADVICE TO THE READER • The control of small-scale nuclear facilities (medical, research and industry, transport) is presented in chapters 7, 8, 9. • Only regulatory news for the year 2020 is present in this report. All the regulations can be consulted on asn.fr , under the heading “Réglementer”. i Editorial by the Commission 2 Editorial by the Director General 8 The impact of Covid-19 12 ASN assessments 14 Notable events 2020 22 Regulatory news 34 Regional overview of nuclear safety and radiation protection 38 The principles of nuclear safety and radiation protection and the regulation and oversight stakeholders 120 02 Radiological emergency and post-accident situations 172 04 International relations 194 06 Sources of ionising radiation and their industrial, veterinary and research applications 238 08 EDF Nuclear Power Plants 284 10 Nuclear research and miscellaneous industrial facilities 330 12 Radioactive waste and contaminated sites and soils 354 14 ASN REPORT ON THE STATE OF NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION IN FRANCE IN 2020 List of Basic Nuclear Installations as at 31 December 2020 374 APPENDIX Nuclear activities: ionising radiation and health and environmental risks 100 01 Regulation of nuclear activities and exposure to ionising radiation 146 03 Informing the public and other audiences 184 05 Medical uses of ionising radiation 206 07 Transport of radioactive substances 266 09 “Nuclear fuel cycle” installations 320 11 Decommissioning of Basic Nuclear Installations 338 13