Developing nuclear safety: ASN’s independence, international cooperation and European integration

On the occasion of the New Year, the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN), through its president, Mr André-Claude Lacoste, presented his best wishes to the press on 19 January.

The ASN gives an overview of the first international conference on the radiological protection of patients during radiotherapy

The ASN gives an overview of the first international conference on the radiological protection of patients during radiotherapy.

The Ministry of Health has approved the decision of the ASN to reduce the threshold for stable iodine intake in the event of a nuclear accident

On 18 August 2009, the nuclear safety authority adopted a decision reducing the intervention level for the taking of stable iodine (potassium iodide) in the event of a nuclear accident.