2.3.2 Consultation of the public on draft individual resolutions The individual resolutions(2) concerning nuclear safety and radiation protection can form the subject of several public consultation procedures which are presented below. The public inquiry In application of the Environment Code, the BNI creation authorisation and decommissioning applications form the subject of a Public inquiry(3). The file that undergoes the public inquiry contains the impact analysis and the risk control analysis, among other things. The impact analysis and the risk control analysis provide a clearly understandable 2. Resolutions that apply to a licensee for a given installation. 3. In application of the provisions of Article L. 593-8 or L. 593-28 of the Environment Code. inventory of the risks that the projected installation represents and an analysis of the measures taken to prevent these risks. This analysis also includes a non-technical summary intended to facilitate the general public’s understanding of the information it contains. Since 2017, the public inquiry file can be consulted on line throughout the duration of the inquiry, and is provided in printed format in one or more predetermined places as soon as the public inquiry opens. The preliminary safety report (a more technical document) is not included in the public inquiry file but can be consulted throughout the inquiry period under the conditions set by the order governing the inquiry. Article L. 593‑19 of the Environment Code requires the review report submitted by the licensee following the periodic safety reviews beyond the 35th year of operation of a nuclear power reactor to be subject to public inquiry. This system is particular insofar as the public inquiry in this case does not concern a project subject to an administrative authorization but a safety review report drawn up by the licensee. Articles R. 593‑62‑2 to R. 593‑62‑9 of the Environment Code set the conditions necessary for holding this public inquiry, notably to foster the effectiveness of public participation by enabling the public to assess the safety improvements already implemented and planned by the licensee in the context of the continued operation of its installation. ASN must take account of the results of this public inquiry in the resolution it may be obliged to issue to set complementary requirements. Posting the draft documents on asn.fr The individual resolutions that are not subject to public inquiry and which could have a significant effect on the environment (such as the draft resolutions relative to water intakes or discharges) are made available for consultation on the Internet in application of Article L. 12319-2 of the Environment Code. If III of Article L. 122‑1‑1 of the Environment Code is applied, some BNI commissioning resolutions are subject to on-line public participation provided for in Article L. 123-19 of the Environment Code. During the year 2024, 82 consultations concerned draft individual resolutions. The on-line consultation system remains available in 2025 on asnr.fr. 2.3.3 Consultation of particular bodies The BNI authorisation procedures also provide for consultation of the environmental Authority, the regional authorities and their groupings concerned by the project, and the CLIs (see point 2.4.3). The CLIs also have the possibility of being heard by the ASN Commission before it issues its opinion on the draft decrees, such as the Draft Authorisation Decree which is submitted to ASN by the Minister responsible for nuclear safety. The CLI is consulted on the draft ASN requirements concerning water intakes, effluent discharges into the surrounding environment and the prevention or mitigation of detrimental effects of the installation for the public and the environment. Fourth periodic safety review of the 1,300 MWe reactors: 9 months of consultation The consultation prior to the future ASNR resolution on the conditions of the 4th periodic safety review of the 1,300 MWe nuclear reactors began in January 2024. Organised on the initiative of the HCTISN, this voluntary consultation ended in September 2024. Its objective was to inform the public about the process and the challenges of the 4th periodic safety review of the 20 nuclear reactors in operation and to inventory the citizens’ questions on the conditions of continued operation of these reactors. As was the case with the 900 MWe reactors, a digital platform was opened first as of autumn 2023. The website concertation.suretenucleaire.fr gives access to the relevant documents (those of the licensee, IRSN and ASN) and gives Internet users the possibility of asking questions and expressing opinions on the subject. Website visitors thus submitted more than 300 contributions on the subjects relating to the 4th safety review and, more broadly, on the continued operation of the nuclear reactors. The platform also allowed the identification, through an on-line survey, of the subjects deemed the most important in the eyes of the public, so that the various actors could take them into account and provide answers via webinars. Five discussion webinars thus served to answer the questions of the public on the security of the facilities, the consequences of climate change for the facilities or on the phenomena of ageing of the nuclear power plant components. Alongside these methods of remote interchange, the HCTISN coordinated several face-to-face meetings with the public: eight meetings were thus held around the power plants concerned by the safety review, in addition to three workshops conducted near the Saint-Alban nuclear site. Organised with the support of the CLIs and Anccli at Cattenom, Belleville-sur-Loire and Golfech, for example, these meetings were attended by nearly one hundred people and enabled the local residents, elected officials and members of associations to put their questions to EDF, ASN and IRSN. Two guarantors chosen from the list of the National Public Debate Commission (CNDP) were mandated by the HCTISN to ensure that the information was clear and understandable. The consultation ended on 30 September; the lessons learned and the publics’ comments on its draft resolution which will be collected between May and June 2025, will be taken into account by ASNR in its resolution on the conditions of the 4th period safety review of the 1,300 MWe reactors, expected to be issued in summer 2025. ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2024 191 01 Informing and involving the various audiences 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 AP 02 03 04
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