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Approval of the report on the results of stress tests on European nuclear power plants

Report on the results of stress tests

05/04/2012 10:20

Approval of the report on the results of stress tests on European nuclear power plants.

The European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG) and the European Commission have adopted, on April 26 2012, the report on the results of the stress tests on European nuclear power plants.
This report responds to the request from the European Council on 25 march 2011 asking for the launch of stress tests on the European nuclear power plants to take account of the first lessons learned from the Fukushima accident.

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  • Memorandum of understanding on radiation protection 05/03/2012 2:39

    HERCA the USA Food and Drug Administration sign a memorandum of understanding on radiation protection

    The Association of the Heads of the European Radiological protection Competent Authorities (HERCA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA1) through its Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) as part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in the field of radiation protection.HERCA and FDA share a mutual interest in promoting...

  • I&C architecture of the Flamanville 3 EPR 04/16/2012 9:30

    ASN lifts its reservations regarding the I&C architecture of the Flamanville 3 EPR

    ASN considers that the changes EDF has made to the instrumentation and control (I&C) architecture of the Flamanville 3 EPR are satisfactory and enable it to lift the reservations it expressed in October 2009. This position is based on the analysis by its technical support organisation, IRSN, and the opinion of the Advisory Committee for nuclear reactors. I&C[1] consists of a range of systems...

  • Press release #5 Information on Penly NPP event 04/06/2012 4:04

    ASN performed an inspection. The restarting of the reactor will be submitted to the ASN authorization

    On 6 April 2012, at around 07:00 (French time), ASN received confirmation from EDF that the leak had stopped on the Penly NPP reactor n°2 primary pump.The ASN regional office in Caen performed an inspection, on April 6, at the Penly NPP. After further assessment of the incident, ASN, accordingly to its obligation of transparency, will issue the conclusions of this inspection on the ASN website www...

  • Press release #4 Information on Penly NPP event 04/06/2012 1:50

    The water leak has stopped. ASN is performing an inspection on site and has requested EDF to analyse the pump

    On 6th April 2012, around 07 :00 (French time), ASN got confirmation by EDF that the leak in the primary pump n°1 of the reactor n°2 at the Penly NPP had stopped.This incident on the pump did not lead to radiological consequences for the environment. ASN decided to classify the event at the level 1 of the INES scale.The ASN regional division in Caen is performing today an inspection at the Penly...

  • Press release #3 Information on Penly NPP event 04/06/2012 1:00

    ASN has decided to lift its emergency crisis organisation and has temporarily classified the event at the level 1

    On 5th April 2012, at around 12 :00, ASN was informed by EDF that a fire had started in the reactor n°2 building of the Penly NPP (North-West of France). The reactor automatically shut down.EDF teams and the local firemen brigades entered the reactor building and extinguished burning oil. The firemen ensured the fire was totally extinguished. The event conducted EDF to put in action an emergency...

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Interview with André-Claude Lacoste, Chairman of the ASN

French version - Subtitles in English

On January 19, 2012, the Minister of Environment of Japan, G. Hosono, met André-Claude Lacoste, Chairman of the Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN), and members of the Commission and the General Directorate of ASN. André-Claude Lacoste talks about the issues of this meeting and cooperation between ASN and Japanese authorities.