To diversify its expertise and take advantage of other specific skills, ASN also has its own credit allocation, amounting to € 750,000 in 2009. A significant part of this budget is allocated to subjects concerning exposure of the population to radon in the home, as well as to the work of the Steering Committee for managing the post-accident phase (CODIRPA). In 2009, ASN continued its cooperation with:

• the Nuclear Protection Evaluation Centre (CEPN) : Core health project and support for the work of the CODIRPA;

• the Bureau Veritas: definition of check-points and criteria for radiation protection appraisal of X-ray generators used in the industrial, veterinary and research sectors;

• the pluralistic experts group for the Limousin mines (GEP Limousin) which assists the public authorities on issues concerning the rehabilitation of the former uranium mining sites;

• the Nord-Cotentin radio-ecology group which assists the public authorities with regard to the environmental and health consequences of the BNIs operated on the peninsula.