Published on 15/05/2018 • 05:30 pm
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Radiation protection recommendations for the transport of radioactive substances
The inspections carried out by ASN, the French nuclear safety authority, reveal that the risk of exposure to ionisation radiation is not sufficiently integrated in the preventive measures relating to the transport of radioactive substances. Yet some transport activities have significant radiation protection implications, particularly for the workers due to their close proximity to the packages. The annual dose for a driver transporting radiopharmaceuticals can thus reach 14 millisieverts per year (mSv/year)1, the maximum regulatory value being 20 mSv/year.
Published on 03/05/2018 • 04:30 pm
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EPR Flamanville : Information Letter No.20
ASN continued its monitoring of the Flamanville 3 EPR reactor construction site and the various manufactured items intended for it. The significant points for 2017 and early 2018 are detailed below; ASN was particularly vigilant with regard to start-up testing activities, which were ramped up during the course of the past year.
Published on 27/04/2018 • 11:35 am
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Overexposure of two practitioners at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (Paris)
On 14 November 2017 the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital Group (Paris) notified ASN of two significant radiation protection events affecting a resident physician and a head of clinic respectively while performing interventional procedures in neuroradiology.
Published on 13/04/2018 • 09:21 am
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ASN Report on the State of Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection in France in 2017
On 12th April, ASN presented its report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2017 to the National Assembly’s Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Choices (OPECST). This report was handed over to the Presidents of the Senate and the National Assembly, and to the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister. It is published today on www.asn.fr.
Published on 11/04/2018 • 04:30 pm
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Flamanville EPR reactor: ASN inspection on 10th April 2018
On 10th April 2018, ASN carried out an inspection on the Flamanville EPR reactor construction site to examine how the welds on the main secondary systems were checked following EDF’s discovery of welding flaws, which had not been detected during the manufacturing checks.
Published on 14/03/2018 • 11:10 am
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Fessenheim NPP reactor 2
On 12th March 2018, ASN lifted its suspension of the pressure test certificate of steam generator N° 335, installed on Fessenheim NPP reactor 2.
Published on 28/02/2018 • 02:11 pm
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Flamanville EPR reactor project
On 7th February 2018 the ASN Commission heard EDF and Framatome management on the Flamanville EPR reactor project.
Published on 15/02/2018 • 02:22 pm
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A radiologist suffers radiation overexposure of the hands
On 20 October 2017, the Delafontaine Hospital Centre (Saint-Denis, France - 93 200) notified ASN of a significant radiation protection event affecting a radiologist performing fluoroscopy-guided interventional practices using a scanner.
Published on 02/02/2018 • 01:26 pm
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ASN presented its New Year’s wishes to the press
On 29th January, through its Chairman, Mr Pierre-Franck Chevet, ASN presented its New Year’s wishes to the press in its Montrouge headquarters.
Published on 25/01/2018 • 05:08 pm
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Creusot Forge plant: production to resume
ASN informed Framatome and EDF that it considers that the steps taken at the Creusot Forge plant allow the production of components intended for French nuclear facilities to resume under certain conditions, more particularly, the surveillance of the activities.
