4.4 Contributing to public information Ordinance 2012-6 of 5 January 2012, modifying Books I and V of the Environment Code, extends the obligations for public information to the persons Responsible for Nuclear Activities (RNAs). Article L. 125-10 of the Environment Code sets the thresholds beyond which the person responsible for transport must communicate the information requested by a citizen. The thresholds are defined as being those “above which, in application of the international conventions and regulations governing the transport of dangerous goods, of the Code of Transport and of their implementing texts, the transport of radioactive substances is subject to the issuance – by ASN or by a foreign Authority competent in the field of radioactive substance transport – of an approval of the transport package design or a shipment approval, including under special arrangement”. Any citizen may therefore ask the persons in charge of transport for information on the risks presented by the transport operations referred to in the Environment Code. On asn.fr, ASN has also published an information file presenting the transport of radioactive substances. 4.5 Participation in international relations in the transport sector International regulations are drafted and implemented as a result of fruitful exchanges between countries. ASN incorporates these exchanges into a process of continuous improvement in the level of safety of radioactive substance transports, and encourages exchanges with its foreign counterparts. 4.5.1 Work of the European Association of Competent Authorities on Transport The European Association of Competent Authorities on the Transport of Radioactive Material (EACA) was created in 2008. Its purpose is to promote the harmonisation of practices in the regulation of the safety of transport of radioactive substances, and to encourage exchanges and experience feedback between the various Authorities. France, which initiated the creation of this association, plays an active part in its work, including by presenting its views on the regulatory changes that may be needed, in particular on the occasion of the association’s annual meeting. 4.5.2 Bilateral relations with ASN’s foreign counterparts ASN devotes considerable efforts to maintaining close ties with the competent Authorities of the countries concerned by the numerous shipments to and from France. Prominent among these are Belgium, the United Kingdom and Switzerland. Belgium For the production of nuclear electrical power in Belgium, French-designed packagings are sometimes used for “fuel cycle” Participants at the 49th IAEA TRANSSC Committee meeting in Vienna (Austria) – 18 to 22 November 2024 Reinforcing the safety of loading of radioactive packages During inspections, ASN found that radioactive packages could be loaded into inappropriate compartments below the bed of the vehicles. This is why, at ASN’s request, the TMD Order of 29 May 2009 was modified by the Order of 3 July 2024, to specify that packages loaded with dangerous goods must be correctly chocked and stowed, either on the bed of the vehicle, or in racks secured or positioned in the compartment intended for loading and that no dangerous goods could be located in a compartment or box intended for the transport of items (tools, pallet, etc.) other than goods. 292 ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2024 Transport of radioactive substances
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